Anthropic Pledges $20 Million to Candidates Who Favor AI Safety

Anthropic PBC is donating $20 million to a political advocacy group called Public First that’s backing congressional candidates who favor safety rules for artificial intelligence, bolstering the company’s fight for “responsible AI” as Silicon Valley money floods into congressional races across the US.

The donation promises to strengthen AI safety advocates’ fight against Leading the Future, a billionaire-backed super political action committee that plans to spend $125 million this year to stack Congress with allies who support lighter regulation of the technology.

“In circumstances like these, we need good policy: flexible regulation that allows us to reap the benefits of ...