{"id":234777,"date":"2026-06-22T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/22\/groups-tied-to-openai-and-anthropic-are-spending-big-on-the-midterms-npr\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T05:05:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T09:05:11","slug":"groups-tied-to-openai-and-anthropic-are-spending-big-on-the-midterms-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/22\/groups-tied-to-openai-and-anthropic-are-spending-big-on-the-midterms-npr\/","title":{"rendered":"Groups tied to OpenAI and Anthropic are spending big on the midterms : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/06\/22\/nx-s1-5856359\/ai-anthropic-congress-spending-openai-midterms-election\">Groups tied to OpenAI and Anthropic are spending big on the midterms : NPR<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/06\/22\/nx-s1-5856359\/ai-anthropic-congress-spending-openai-midterms-election\">https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/06\/22\/nx-s1-5856359\/ai-anthropic-congress-spending-openai-midterms-election<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-22 05:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.npr.org\">www.npr.org<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AI-related groups spent a significant amount of money, over $43 million, on influencing midterm election campaigns in the U.S.<\/li>\n<li>This spending was driven by the industry&#8217;s desire to shape future regulations of artificial intelligence.<\/li>\n<li>Central to this political spending is a heated contest in New York City involving Alex Bores, where over $15 million was spent on pro and anti-Bores campaign messages.<\/li>\n<li>The conflict between companies like OpenAI and Anthropic mirrors their competition in technology development and their differing views on AI regulation.<\/li>\n<li>The AI companies&#8217; strategies aim not just at winning immediate legislative battles but also at influencing broader political attitudes towards AI regulation.<\/li>\n<li>Despite the consensus in Washington on the need for some form of AI regulation, substantial progress remains blocked and lobbying efforts are expected to continue strongly.<\/li>\n<li>The outcome of these elections and lobbying efforts will play a critical role in determining the governance landscape for AI.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Groups tied to OpenAI and Anthropic are spending big on the midterms : NPR https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/06\/22\/nx-s1-5856359\/ai-anthropic-congress-spending-openai-midterms-election&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":234779,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/8192x4608+0+856\/resize\/1400\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F10%2Fc1%2F3d7fef7c40fab34338af0f3db098%2Fgettyimages-2277371187.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-234777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234777"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234777"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":234780,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234777\/revisions\/234780"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}