AI NewsWho’s really running AI? Inside the billion-dollar battle over regulation with Alex Bores

Who’s really running AI? Inside the billion-dollar battle over regulation with Alex Bores

12:35 AM IST · February 28, 2026

The Pentagon isplaying chicken with Anthropicover who gets to control how the military uses AI while communities across the country areblocking data center construction. As the AI debate has been flattened to “doomers versus boomers,” one state legislator is attempting to walk a middle road. On this episode of TechCrunch’sEquitypodcast, Rebecca Bellan sits down with Alex Bores, a New York State Assemblymember and candidate for U.S. Congress. Bores sponsored New York’s first-of-its-kind AI safety lawthe RAISE Act— and quickly became the target of aSilicon Valley lobbying group with $125 million to spendon attack ads. Listen to the full episode to hear about: Subscribe to Equity onYouTube,Apple Podcasts,Overcast,Spotifyand all the casts. You also can follow Equity onXandThreads, at @EquityPod.