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How a small, wealthy AI-safety network that organized in Signal chats grew into a coalition that beat the $100M super PAC Leading the Future in the midterms (Politico)

Source: TECHMEME · NOV 07, 2026

Politico : How a small, wealthy AI-safety network that organized in Signal chats grew into a coalition that beat the $100M super PAC Leading the Future in the midterms — For years, the policy debate over artificial intelligence belonged to those who counted progress in decades.

IN THIS STORY
  • AI Safety
  • Leading the Future
  • AI policy
  • Politico

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