OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman says he has no plans to make any financial contributions toward this year’s US elections, even as other Silicon Valley billionaires have already pledged to spend heavily to influence midterm races that will decide control of Congress.

OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman says he has no plans to make any financial contributions toward this year’s US elections, even as other Silicon Valley billionaires have already pledged to spend heavily to influence midterm races that will decide control of Congress.

Banks are crafting a political spending strategy that resembles a structure the crypto industry has used.

DraftKings and FanDuel are on a roll when it comes to backing political campaigns in a state known for being at the center of college sports, marking an early victory for the industry as it seeks to install gambling-friendly lawmakers in state legislatures across the country.

With Congress largely stalemated, companies turn to states to gain leverage over regulations.

With Congress largely stalemated, companies turn to states to gain leverage over regulations.

US House lawmakers asked Jes Staley, a former top executive at Barclays Plc and  JPMorgan Chase & Co., for an interview in its ongoing probe into disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

A government ethics group has accused a pair of super political action committees backed by artificial intelligence investors of improperly concealing which companies they are paying to create advertisements and send messages to voters.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, a former neighbor of Jeffrey Epstein who visited the disgraced financier on his Caribbean island, on Wednesday became the first sitting cabinet member to testify to the US House committee investigating the sex offender’s crimes and possible lapses in the law enforcement response.

A powerful Senate committee backed legislation to require OpenAI, Meta Platforms Inc. and other artificial intelligence companies to stop minors from using chatbots, responding to a strengthening public backlash against harm to children and teenagers attributed to the fast-spreading technology.

A powerful Senate committee backed legislation to require OpenAI, Meta Platforms Inc. and other artificial intelligence companies to stop minors from using chatbots, responding to a strengthening public backlash against harm to children and teenagers attributed to the fast-spreading technology.

Some of the world’s largest technology companies swiftly quashed a California legislative measure that pitted giants like Apple Inc. and Google against smaller rivals, a display of their immense political influence in their home state.

Some of the world’s largest technology companies swiftly quashed a California legislative measure that pitted giants like Apple Inc. and Google against smaller rivals, a display of their immense political influence in their home state.

Political groups tied to the cryptocurrency industry are sitting on a nearly $180 million war chest ahead of this year’s midterm elections, giving it the ability to outspend even some of the Republican Party’s most prominent super PACs.

Prediction markets are pouring money into Washington to defend against escalating criticism that their fast-growing platforms are contributing to a gambling explosion and enabling insider trading.

Pro-Israel megadonor Miriam Adelson gave $40 million to the Republicans’ House and Senate super political action committees, boosting the party’s war chest as it fights to maintain control of both chambers.

The companies behind sports gambling platforms FanDuel, DraftKings and Fanatics Sportsbook poured $41 million into a new super political action committee this year as part of their broader effort to expand legalized sports betting across the US.

Venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz poured $25 million into a pro-artificial intelligence super political action committee, boosting the industry’s war chest ahead of the November midterm elections.

Venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz poured $25 million into a pro-artificial intelligence super political action committee, boosting the industry’s war chest ahead of the November midterm elections.

A former top aide to President Donald Trump is initiating a $100 million campaign to promote the administration’s pro-artificial intelligence agenda during this year’s midterm elections.