{"text":[[{"start":11.44,"text":"A new pro-AI group that has the support of Donald Trump’s adviser David Sacks plans to spend at least $100mn on backing candidates in November’s US midterm elections, as the industry tries to head off calls for stricter regulation of the technology."}],[{"start":29.67,"text":"The planned spending by the group, Innovation Council Action, comes on top of the almost $200mn raised by other pro-AI organisations and will ensure that policy on the technology is a key battleground in the race for control of Congress."}],[{"start":47.120000000000005,"text":"Last year, Leading the Future — a political action committee backed by donors to the US president including OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman, venture capital titans Andreessen Horowitz and Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale — raised $125mn to spend on pro-AI candidates."}],[{"start":67.55000000000001,"text":"Meta has separately earmarked $65mn to use on state-level races. "}],[{"start":73.35000000000001,"text":"Public First Action, a group whose only disclosed donor is AI company Anthropic, aims to raise as much as $75mn to support candidates who back stronger regulation."}],[{"start":86.10000000000001,"text":"The Future of Life Institute, a non-profit that also favours more oversight, is spending $8mn on a “pro-human” television advertising campaign in key states including Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan and North Carolina."}],[{"start":102.9,"text":"The formation of Innovation Council Action, which will be run by former Trump aide Taylor Budowich, comes just days after the White House unveiled a framework for AI regulation, which asked lawmakers to implement light-touch child safety and content rules while also preventing individual states from passing their own laws on the technology."}],[{"start":126.49000000000001,"text":"Sacks will not have a formal role with the organisation but said in a statement that the Trump administration “welcome[d] its support at this important juncture”."}],[{"start":136.99,"text":"Recent polling has shown that a majority of Americans support stricter rules to govern AI, including many of Trump’s 2024 voters. One survey by NBC News — which circulated in the White House — showed AI to be less popular than the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency."}],[{"start":158.72,"text":"Members of Trump’s own coalition have also broken ranks to call for more regulation. Last year, Republican senators Josh Hawley and Marsha Blackburn blocked a plan by the White House to ban state-level regulation, amid opposition from others within their party, such as Florida governor and presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis."}],[{"start":182.52,"text":"But Sacks, a Silicon Valley venture capitalist who until recently served as the White House’s AI and crypto tsar, has pushed for a single federal rule book, arguing that a patchwork of state laws could hinder the industry’s progress in the race with China."}],[{"start":199.92000000000002,"text":"Sacks was last week announced as the new co-chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, which will include Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, Oracle’s Larry Ellison and Marc Andreessen."}],[{"start":216.51000000000002,"text":"The founding of Innovation Council Action was first reported by Axios."}],[{"start":222.65,"text":"This article has been amended to correct the date of the US midterm elections"}],[{"start":239.08,"text":""}]],"url":"https://audio.ftcn.net.cn/album/a_1774879577_7036.mp3"}