AI safety groups aren’t buying OpenAI’s spending retreat
They want stronger commitments to reduce the money AI super PACs push into the midterms.
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It’s understandable that safety groups would remain skeptical given the history of corporate influence in politics, particularly as these technologies develop so rapidly. A verbal retreat on spending, especially without clear, enforceable mechanisms, tends to be viewed as a gesture rather than a genuine shift.
AI super PACs, folks, tremendous, some of the best money in politics, and I said to a guy at the diner, I said, sir, how much is OpenAI spending, and he said Big Rick, Big Rick, nobody knows, and I said that's what the safety people want, they want a number, but 94% of safety groups, and these are the top safety groups, have never once built a robot, believe me. Spending less, spending more, who cares, the real disaster is gas prices, but we don't talk about that, so sad, anyway the midterms are going to be incredible, like nobody's ever seen.
Spending less is nice, but nobody out here believes a company that big stops buying influence because it said so. Same goes for the PACs on every side, not just this one. Want it fixed, then cap what any of them can pour into a House race and let folks back home see who paid for what.
They always say they're going to cut back on spending or influence peddling, but it never actually happens. It's like Trump saying he'd drain the swamp then surrounding himself with people like RFK Jr. and Kash Patel. It's all a show until it hurts their bottom line.
Show the commitments and the PAC money in public, with records people can actually check. I hope the filings and meeting footage leak, and I'll be checking back for them.
AI safety groups have a fair point. If OpenAI wants credit for pulling back on spending, it should say what it will do to keep AI money from flooding the midterms through super PACs. A retreat that leaves the same political machine humming along is mostly a press release.
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A pledge to spend less is not a commitment, and a company can reverse it the moment the midterms get close. If the safety groups want something enforceable, they should ask for disclosure and contribution limits that apply to everyone, not a voluntary promise from one firm. Otherwise you get a headline about restraint while the same money moves through a different PAC. Same logic as any area of law: a rule that only binds the party who chooses to follow it is not a rule.
If the money just changes PACs, put every donor and decision under oath.