The super PAC that's attacking me that has $140 million and was spun up by Andresen Horowitz,

which is now the largest spender in campaigns in the country, period, is focused on ensuring

that there is no regulation of AI whatsoever. And frankly, they don't have to win forever. They just need to win for a couple

election cycles because the speed with which AI is increasing its power, and therefore they're

increasing their wealth and they're increasing their power, is unprecedented. And so they've decided

to spend $10 million against me in this race, which is kind of a compliment.

But they've made that investment.

And they've said publicly to make an example out of me, to intimidate anyone else in Congress from wanting to regulate this at all.

And if they win, it's going to send a really loud message that if you want to

keep your job as an elected official, don't actually pass a bill in this space.

I'm John Favro, and you just heard from today's guest, New York Assembly member Alex Boris.

Alex is running for Congress in New York's 12th, the very competitive Democratic primary that includes

candidates like the bulwarks George Conway and Kennedy Air Jack Schlossberg.

But aside from the high-profile names, there's another story playing out in the race, and it's about AI.

Specifically, it's about pro-AI super PACs, funded mostly by Open AI and Dresen Horowitz, spending millions of dollars trying to defeat Alex.

When you talk to Alex, those attacks might seem counterintuitive.

He doesn't consider himself anti-AI.

He doesn't want to shut it all down.

But he's also been an outspoken advocate for the regulation of AI.

He was the author of the Rays Act, New York's landmark law that sets transparency requirements and safety standards on AI developers.

And he's released one of the most sweeping AI policy frameworks

for how Congress should regulate the industry, which is why some of the AI companies are spending

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