OpenAI’s Greg Brockman drops his second $25m gift to an AI super PAC
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A second $25M donation to a pro-AI super PAC underscores how AI policy is now being shaped with presidential-campaign-level checks. Operators should assume regulatory direction will be actively lobbied, not neutral—track how your vendors and partners are trying to tilt the rules.
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