Morning Edition · Friday, July 24, 2026Published at 1:33 AM EDT · New York
Anthropic Doubles Election-Year AI Policy Funding to $40 Million
The additional 20 million dollars for Public First Action comes as the OpenAI-linked group Leading the Future holds a fund of roughly 125 million dollars.
Anthropic said it will contribute another 20 million dollars to Public First Action, a group that campaigns for AI safeguards, doubling its total commitment to 40 million dollars, Axios reported. The first 20 million dollars was contributed…
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