Anti-regulation AI lobbying raised over $100M, dwarfing pro-regulation funding
davidmanheim · x · 2026-09-15
Responding to Parker Thayer's claim that a "well-funded PR operation" is pushing AI regulation, David Manheim argues the cited figures are an order of magnitude too small: LeadingFutureAI alone has raised over $100 million for PR and lobbying against such regulation.
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