AI-Backed Groups Spend $12 Million Targeting Alex Bores in House Primary Over Regulation Bill
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Updated · The New York Times · Jun 6
AI-Backed Groups Spend $12 Million Targeting Alex Bores in House Primary Over Regulation Bill
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jun 6
Summary
$12 million-plus in outside spending has made New York Assemblyman Alex Bores the most polarizing figure in the Democratic primary to replace Rep. Jerrold Nadler.
Bores drew the assault after sponsoring a New York bill last year to regulate advanced AI models, putting him at the center of a broader fight over industry oversight.
Leading the Future, a super PAC backed by some of the sector's biggest companies, has flooded Manhattan voters with attack ads, mailers, texts and TV spots branding him "wrong on A.I."
Bores, first elected to the State Assembly in 2023, has gained unusual prominence in a crowded race because a state-level AI policy fight is now shaping a federal House contest.