{"id":235399,"date":"2026-04-25T01:36:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T05:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/25\/ai-firms-flex-lobbying-muscle-on-both-side-of-atlantic\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T04:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T08:10:10","slug":"ai-firms-flex-lobbying-muscle-on-both-side-of-atlantic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/25\/ai-firms-flex-lobbying-muscle-on-both-side-of-atlantic\/","title":{"rendered":"AI firms flex lobbying muscle on both side of Atlantic"},"content":{"rendered":"

AI firms flex lobbying muscle on both side of Atlantic<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/tech\/artificial-intelligence\/ai-firms-flex-lobbying-muscle-on-both-side-of-atlantic\/articleshow\/130508951.cms<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-04-25 01:36:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: economictimes.indiatimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n

AI developers are ramping up efforts to win over the hearts and minds of officials in Europe and the United States, hoping to sway governments as they weigh high-stake regulatory frameworks for the ever more powerful technology.<\/p>\n

Flush with cash, the firms are also wooing the general public, insisting that artificial intelligence will be a force for good — and not a destroyer of jobs or an existential threat for humanity.<\/p>\n

ChatGPT maker OpenAI unveiled this month a 13-page “Industrial Policy for the Intelligence Age” that calls for new taxation and expanded safety nets to ensure society withstands the arrival of superintelligent systems. <\/p>\n

It has even bought TBPN, a technology-focused talk show, to help shape the narrative.<\/p>\n

But the policy document also came just days after a public backlash forced the company to halt plans for a sexually explicit chatbot.<\/p>\n

OpenAI has also faced legal challenges from families of teenagers who say ChatGPT caused harm and even suicide among young people, prompting the company to introduce an age-verification system.<\/p>\n

“This is a turning point” for the industry, and companies “are spending a fortune to try to get favourable measures passed in their patch”, said Alexandra Iteanu, a Paris-based lawyer specialising in digital law.<\/p>\n

Politicians in pocket?
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The AI industry has transformed Washington lobbying at extraordinary speed, with more than 3,500 federal lobbyists — one-fourth of the total — working on AI issues last year, a 170% increase over three years, according to Public Citizen, a consumer advocacy group. <\/p>\n

The established giants like Meta, Google and Microsoft still dominate spending, but AI start-ups like OpenAI and Anthropic have rapidly built out their Washington presence, hiring elite firms and expanding in-house policy shops. <\/p>\n

Anthropic, for example, has focussed its message on promoting AI safety and tighter regulation.<\/p>\n

But OpenAI is also actively pushing the industry’s top legislative priority of preventing US states from passing…<\/p>\n

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