Anthropic pours $20 mn into ‘safeguards’ clash with OpenAI

The tech giants have supported rival political-influence non-profits ahead of the US midterm election

Anthropic has injected $20 million into a political advocacy group that backs candidates favoring AI regulation, thrusting the safety-focused company into the center of a high-stakes election spending war with its archrival OpenAI.

The donation to Public First Action – a ‘dark money’ nonprofit that does not disclose its donors – marks...