Meta is launching a super PAC to support California candidates in favor of a light-touch approach to AI regulation, according to Politico. This news comes as other Silicon Valley giants, such as Andreessen Horowitz and OpenAI’s Greg Brockman, pledge $100 million for a new pro-AI super PAC.
Meta is expected to pour tens of millions of dollars into its new PAC, named Mobilizing Economic Transformation Across California, Politico reports. Brian Rice, Meta’s VP of public policy and head of the new PAC, has argued that Sacramento’s regulatory environment “could stifle innovation, block AI progress, and put California’s technology leadership at risk.”
Meta’s lobbying force earlier this year targeted state senator Scott Wiener’s SB-53 bill, which would require AI companies to publish safety and security protocols and issue reports when safety incidents occur.
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