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Meta created its own super PAC to politically kneecap its AI rivals

In late August, two pro-AI super PACs were announced on the same day, intent on shaping the upcoming midterm elections. One was a fairly traditional super PAC, announced via a splashy press release, with multiple major industry players planning to donate over $100 million to boost AI-friendly candidates across the country.

The other was far more unusual. Meta had quietly filed to create the Mobilizing Economic Transformation Across (Meta) California, a state-only super PAC that would allow Meta to spend its own money to run political ads on behalf of their AI interests – and only their interests.

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Read the full story at The Verge.

Original Source: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/778767/meta-mark-zuckerberg-super-pac-kneecap-ai-rivals-california

Original Source: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/778767/meta-mark-zuckerberg-super-pac-kneecap-ai-rivals-california

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