AISN #62: Big Tech Launches $100 Million pro-AI Super PAC

Also: Meta's Chatbot Policies Prompt Backlash Amid AI Reorganization; China Reverses Course on Nvidia H20 Purchases.

In this edition: Big tech launches a $100 million pro-AI super PAC; Meta's chatbot policies prompt congressional scrutiny amid the company's AI reorganization; China reverses course on buying Nvidia H20 chips after comments by Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick.

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Big Tech Launches $100 Million pro-AI Super PAC

Silicon valley executives and investors are investing more than $100 million in a new political network to push back against AI regulations, signaling that the industry intends to be a major player in next year's U.S. midterms.

The super PAC is backed by a16z and Greg Brockman and imitates the crypto super PAC Fairshake. The network, called Leading the Future, is modeled on the crypto-focused super-PAC Fairshake and aims to influence AI [...]

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Outline:

(00:46) Big Tech Launches $100 Million pro-AI Super PAC

(02:27) Meta's Chatbot Policies Prompt Backlash Amid AI Reorganization

(04:45) China Reverses Course on Nvidia H20 Purchases

(07:21) In Other News

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First published:
August 27th, 2025

Source:
https://newsletter.safe.ai/p/ai-safety-newsletter-62-big-tech

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