Anthropic is setting up a "presidential engagement" program for the 2028 US elections that will offer AI policy education to candidates in both parties
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Direct AI policy education for 2028 presidential candidates moves labs from behind-the-scenes briefings to structured political engagement. For operators, this raises the odds that concrete AI regulation will be on the ballot—and that compliance and lobbying become core capabilities, not afterthoughts.
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