Odd Lots Meet the Politician the AI Industry Is Trying to Stop
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Dec 18, 2025 
Alex Bores, a New York assembly member and tech-savvy congressional candidate, discusses the explosive political landscape of AI regulation. He reveals how a $100 million super PAC is targeting him for advocating state-level regulations like the RAISE Act, aimed at ensuring safety in frontier AI. Bores also addresses the risks of AI, such as its impact on children and education, and compares its potential to dual-use technologies. His experience at Palantir adds depth to the conversation on implementing effective tech regulations in government.
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Mandatory Safety Plans For Frontier Labs
- Alex Bores says the RAISE Act would require frontier AI labs to publish safety plans and disclose critical safety incidents.
- The bill aims to prevent companies repeating tobacco-like denial by forcing disclosure and withholding releases that fail safety tests.
Use Concrete Thresholds To Target Risk
- The RAISE Act applies only to labs that spend at least $100 million on final training runs or significant knowledge distillation.
- Use concrete thresholds to target a few frontier players rather than broad, economy-wide rules.
Distillation As A Geopolitical Vector
- Bores highlights knowledge distillation as the route China uses to catch up without massive compute.
- Regulating distillation filters potential geopolitical loopholes that outright compute limits miss.