A new political operation with strong ties to the Trump administration is preparing to spend big money to boost President Donald Trump鈥檚 record on artificial intelligence.
The group, called Innovation Council Action, said Sunday that it would spend at least $100 million this year on its activities. That will include a major advocacy push behind new AI policy guidelines unveiled by the White House this month that seek to block state laws regulating AI. The group is organized as a nonprofit, but is likely to start a super political action committee as part of that $100 million push. That structure would allow Innovation Council to help backers and attack opponents of Trump鈥檚 AI agenda.
The group is yet another indication of the volume of money that is to be spent by the AI industry on the midterms. Several other political operations backed by the industry have also raised tens, if not hundreds, of millions of dollars 鈥� but are more bipartisan.
That approach has rankled some senior officials on the right, who have been pushing for a narrower Republican operation given how supportive Republicans in Washington, including Trump, have largely been of the AI industry.
Innovation Council, by contrast, is explicitly aligned with the Trump operation. It is led by Taylor Budowich, a longtime Trump political adviser who served as White House deputy chief of staff, and has the blessing of David Sacks, a White House official.
Sacks announced last week that he was leaving his role as the administration鈥檚 AI and cryptocurrency czar, but he is still keeping his role as the primary go-between for Washington and Silicon Valley as the new co-head of the President鈥檚 Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.
As a so-called 鈥渄ark money鈥� nonprofit, Innovation Council is not required to disclose its donors. It filed incorporation paperwork in Utah last October. Any super PAC would be required to list contributors.
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