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June 24, 2026
The $27 million Al proxy war over Alex Bores ends in a draw
The expensive, $27 million political proxy war between Anthropic and OpenAI came to a draw last night when Alex Bores, a New York state Assemblyman whose popularity surged after being targeted by a...
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June 23, 2026
Why corporate AI super PACs spent $27 million on a local election
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June 17, 2026
Vibe-decoding the White House-Anthropic fight over Fable
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June 15, 2026
Big Tech’s desperate last push at AI regulation
For months, Big Tech's Washington lobbyists have chased after the holy grail of pro-AI legislation: preemption. This would be a comprehensive federal law, passed in Congress and signed by the presi...
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June 10, 2026
The future of AI regulation is courting the strangest, most anxious bedfellows
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May 27, 2026
AI tried to bury this politician — now people have actually heard of him
By the time that the Democratic primary for New York's 12th congressional district wraps up in June, Anthropic and OpenAI will have spent millions on their battle over the political future of AI: w...
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May 20, 2026
Anthropic and OpenAI take their beef to the midterm elections
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