AI safety groups question OpenAI's reduction in political spending
AI safety groups aren’t buying OpenAI’s spending retreat
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POLITICO reports that AI safety groups do not endorse OpenAI's posture of reducing political spending. Leading the Future, supported by OpenAI President Brockman and his wife, as well as early investors Andreessen and Horowitz, has invested $75 million; meanwhile, Guardrails Alliance, founded in June, has raised $5 million, with some of the funds coming from OpenAI employees who oppose Leading the Future. Some Democratic candidates supported by Leading the Future have declined to state whether they will cut financial ties with the organization.