A $100 Million AI Super PAC Targeted New York Democrat Alex Bores. He Thinks It Backfired

It turns out that when an AI-friendly super PAC with $100 million in backing from Silicon Valley bigwigs identifies you as its first target, it ends up generating a lot of attention.

“I want to thank [the PAC] for their partnership in raising up the issue of how we regulate an incredibly powerful technology so that the future is one that benefits all of us,” says Alex Bores, a New York Assembly member and Democratic congressional candidate, in an interview with WIRED. “I couldn't imagine a better partner this week.”

Earlier this year, Bores and New York state senator Andrew Gounardes coauthored the RAISE Act, a bill that would empower New York’s attorney general to bring civil penalties of up to $30 million against AI developers like OpenAI and Google if they fail to publish safety reports around their technology.

The RAISE Act passed through New York’s ...