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Scott Wiener wins Pelosi's seat, pushes federal AI regulation

California state senator Scott Wiener, author of the first proposed US frontier AI law, won Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco House seat and is pushing for federal AI regulation with a powerful regulator, whistleblower protections, kill switches and audits, while opposing laws that preempt states. A METR report suggesting Anthropic achieved recursive self-improvement heightened his sense of urgency.

MIT Technology Review · 2 h ago

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AI safety advocates gain ground after $110M midterm push

Public First, funded by Anthropic co-founder Dario Amodei and other AI safety advocates, spent over $63 million backing candidates who favor stricter AI regulation, with 10 of its 17 endorsed congressional candidates winning. The winners include Manny Rutinel of Colorado and Scott Wiener of California, architects of major state AI laws.

The Japan Times · 43 h ago

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