Svmuu News: The political battle surrounding New York State Assemblyman Alex Bores’ campaign for a seat in Congress has evolved into a direct confrontation between two major camps in the AI industry, with OpenAI and Anthropic each investing millions to tens of millions of dollars through their respective political action committees to support candidates with opposing stances. The New York State “RAISE Act,” previously championed by Alex Bores, is regarded as one of the strictest attempts at AI safety regulation in the United States. It requires AI companies to report potential “catastrophic risks” and has become the focal point of this round of controversy. “Leading the Future,” a group backed by OpenAI investors and Silicon Valley capital, has spent more than $7.6 million on advertising to try to prevent Alex Bores from being elected, while Anthropic’s political network and its investors have poured more than $10 million into supporting his campaign. This incident has elevated the issue of AI regulation from a policy discussion to a focal point of real-world political confrontation, with the core disagreement centered on whether “AI should be governed by corporate self-regulation or strict government oversight.” Meanwhile, both the pro- and anti-camps accuse each other of representing corporate interests rather than public regulatory demands, making the election in this district a “proxy war” between two governance approaches in the AI industry. Analysts point out that this incident marks a shift in AI industry competition from the technical and product levels to the political and regulatory levels, making it a key example of the convergence of technology and policy. (Fortune)