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The article critiques Anthropic for hypocrisy in their AI safety stance, alleging they lobby against open-weight models and export bans while implementing regressive policies that disadvantage consumers compared to corporations.

Nvidia has launched a political action committee to dole out donations to federal candidates and build influence in Washington as AI regulatory frameworks are debated.

Waymo has doubled its lobbying spending to promote robotaxi services in key states, while Uber advocates for hybrid networks to ease the transition to autonomous vehicles.

A Twitter exchange where a user accuses Anthropic of hypocrisy regarding open-weights AI models, claiming they lobby for bans despite denying it.

AI companies are spending record amounts on lobbying in Washington, D.C., signaling increased efforts to influence regulation and policy.

The article highlights that the tech industry broadly supports open source AI, with Anthropic as a notable exception, and criticizes Anthropic's lobbying for regulations that could effectively restrict open source models.

Sources reveal that OpenAI and Anthropic are quietly lobbying US regulators to restrict open-source AI models, contradicting Sam Altman's public support for open-source AI.

A campaign led by noyb urges the public to support the EU Commission's proposal to replace misleading cookie banners with browser-based privacy preference signals, which is facing strong opposition from Google and the tracking industry.

A discussion questioning whether lobbying against Chinese LLMs with conditions attached to donations, such as by Anthropic, constitutes normal practice or normalized corruption, particularly from a non-US perspective.

Major tech companies including Microsoft, NVIDIA, Meta, IBM, and Palantir issued a joint letter urging Washington regulators to avoid policies that would cripple open-weight AI models, warning of negative consequences for innovation.

Speculation about Dario Amodei engaging in lobbying efforts, likely related to AI policy.

A new analysis by Yi-Ling Liu and co-authors examines how the narrative of an AI race between the US and China undermines safety, regulation, and cooperation, highlighting lobbying efforts by tech industry groups like Leading the Future.

Anthropic is advocating for stricter state-level AI regulations beyond current transparency laws, arguing that self-reporting is no longer sufficient as AI capabilities advance rapidly.

Uber is lobbying lawmakers to adopt regulations that would require robotaxi services to operate on hybrid human-robot networks, potentially forcing autonomous vehicle developers like Waymo and Tesla to use Uber's platform instead of their own apps, as seen in a proposed New Jersey bill.

Austria is lobbying the European Union to host AI company Anthropic after the US imposed stricter access curbs on AI technology.

Meta is requesting that California lawmakers provide immunity from penalties related to child harm.

An opinion piece arguing that US big tech companies should not be invited to discussions about European digital autonomy, as their interests conflict with reducing dependence on them.

Big Tech is making a final push for federal AI preemption legislation in Congress, but the effort has become entangled with child safety bills like KOSA, creating confusion among lawmakers and the White House over which version will pass.

Trump canceled a planned executive order on AI safety hours before signing it, reportedly after last-minute calls from Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and David Sacks, leaving the US without an official strategy for managing powerful AI systems.