Why Are Palantir and OpenAI Scared of Alex Bores? | The Ezra Klein Show

Attack ads against Alex Bores in New York’s 12th Congressional District falsely claim he made hundreds of thousands of dollars building tech for ICE, enabling deportations.

The Super PAC Leading the Future, funded by co-founders of OpenAI, Andreessen Horowitz, and Palantir (including Joe Lonsdale), is running attack ads against Alex Bores.

The Super PAC Leading the Future is dedicated to destroying anyone who might regulate the tech industry or AI in ways its funders dislike.

Alex Bores, a New York State Assemblyman, co-authored and passed the RAISE Act, one of the first pieces of AI regulation passed in any major state.

Alex Bores has passed 30 bills in just over three years in the New York State Assembly and was recognized by the Center for Effective Lawmaking as one of the most effective freshman legislators.

Cornell Students Against Sweatshops successfully campaigned against Nike, leading Cornell to cut its contracts and Nike to pay 1,800 laid-off Honduran workers legally mandated severance pay, job training, and health care for a year.

Alex Bores joined Palantir in 2014 during the Obama administration, believing in expanding government capacity and making it deliver effectively.

Alex Bores, as project lead for the DOJ project at Palantir, refused to work on civil immigration cases for the Jeff Sessions/Donald Trump DOJ.

Alex Bores denies that a sexual harassment claim or burnout/travel were the reasons he left Palantir, stating these were attacks from executives upset about his AI regulation advocacy.

The RAISE Act required companies to have a public safety plan, follow best practices for testing models, record tests, and report critical safety incidents to the government.

Alex Bores advocates for expanding government capacity on AI by hiring expertise within government, which has been underinvested.

Alex Bores used an LLM to identify outdated laws in New York State that require paper processes or otherwise hinder progress, leading to a 60-page bill to cut red tape.

You’re making $80,000, $120,000 a year.

You’re now getting $37,000 from your universal basic income.