How a small, wealthy AI-safety network that organized in Signal chats grew into a coalition that beat the $100M super PAC Leading the Future in the midterms
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AI safety money is now an organized political bloc, not just a research donor base — a small, well-networked group just outmaneuvered a $100M super PAC. If your roadmap depends on permissive AI policy, you now have to model organized opposition with real capital and coordination, not just regulatory lag.
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