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June 25, 2026

AI safety advocate Alex Bores loses New York congressional race despite massive safety PAC spending

Also: Anthropic accuses Alibaba of using fraudulent accounts to extract Claude AI capabilities‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 

X-Risk Daily

Thursday 25 June 2026

Transformative AI
AI safety advocate Alex Bores loses New York congressional race despite massive safety PAC spending
On 24 June, New York assemblyman Alex Bores lost his bid for the state's 12th congressional district to fellow assemblyman Micah Lasher, receiving 35% of the vote to Lasher's 39% in what became a fight over AI regulation and the most expensive race targeted by pro-AI-industry forces.

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