Move puts AI firm in opposition to ChatGPT maker OpenAI, which has advocated for less stringent AI regulationsAnthropic will spend $20m to back US political candidates who support regulating the AI industry, according to a company statement released on Thursday. Anthropic’s donation puts it in opp osition to the ChatGPT maker OpenAI, which has advocated for less stringent regulation of AI.The company is donating to Public First Action, a political group that opposes federal efforts to quash state AI regulations like a December executive order issued by Donald Trump. One of the candidates that the group is backing is Republican Marsha Blackburn, who is running for governor in Tennessee and who opposed an effort in Congress to bar states from passing AI laws. Continue reading... ...read more read less