Holly Otterbein
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Reporter @Axios covering Democrats. Mom. Pennsylvanian. Ex-@Politico @PhillyInquirer @PhillyMag @PhillyDailyNews @WHYY @CityPaper. At holly.otterbein@axios.com.
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One of the incidents disclosed by OpenAI:
“Heavens no,” said Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), 75, chair of the Armed Services Committee, when asked if he uses AI.
“Personally? I don't think I've ever used it,” said Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.), 74, the ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
“No,” Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), 78, said when asked if she uses AI, but that “doesn't mean I won't.” She added, “I don't think we in Congress have gotten quite our handle on what we should do and how much AI we should be regulating.”
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New: Members of Congress and governors are under increasing pressure to regulate AI, but more than two dozen of them told us they don't use the technology or have rarely done so.
Many are older, influential lawmakers.
One House Democrat called it "f*cking absurd," arguing, "Anyone who's overseeing this has to be someone who's a regular user."
w/ @AndrewSolender @StefWKight
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We asked nearly 20 Democrats who are seen as potential presidential contenders whether they support Bernie Sanders' call for AI CEOs to "stop building machines that humans cannot control."
None embraced Sanders' proposal. But tellingly, almost no one criticized his neo-Luddite position, either.
w/ @AlexThomp
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Scoop from @axiosalex: "Allies of Mike Rogers, Michigan's GOP nominee for the U.S. Senate, have asked AIPAC not to advertise on his behalf, triggering a rupture with the powerful but polarizing pro-Israel group.
Rogers spoke with AIPAC chair Michael Tuchin in Los Angeles last week. The next day, AIPAC shelved an already-cut video ad targeting Rogers' Democratic rival, outspoken Israel critic Abdul El-Sayed.
The extraordinary tension underscores how far AIPAC's political standing has fallen amid voters' anger over the war in Gaza. Even Rogers — a staunchly pro-Israel Republican — fears the group's public support could be a liability in the Nov. 3 election."
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This has not been a good year for Dems like Vindman whose national brands were built around Trump's impeachment fights.
Angie Nixon's upset marks the first time a DSA member won a major-party nomination for statewide office this year.
Nixon spent less than $60,000 on ads, while her opponent Vindman spent more than $2 million, according to the ad-tracking firm AdImpact.
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Scoop: Kamala Harris privately called New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani last week and has been holding lengthy, closed-door meetings with other prominent progressives — including pro-Palestinian activists.
w/ @AlexThomp
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