In California's 11th Congressional District race, State Sen. Scott Wiener opposes a nationwide data center moratorium, while Supervisor Connie Chan supports it, reflecting their differing views on AI …
San Francisco Democratic Party chair Nancy Tung and women's advocate Susie Tompkins Buell criticized former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for calling a campaign chatbot created by California state Sen. S…
A group of San Francisco Democratic women, including party chair Nancy Tung and donor Susie Tompkins Buell, will rally Saturday in Alamo Square to support Scott Wiener, calling the controversy over hi…
State Sen. Scott Wiener's campaign removed an artificial intelligence chatbot designed to impersonate his opponent, Connie Chan, after backlash in the race for the San Francisco congressional seat lon…
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is using her political machine to block California State Senator Scott Wiener from succeeding her in Congress, escalating a feud within San Francisco's Democratic est…
California State Senator Scott Wiener removed an AI chatbot that mocked his congressional opponent Connie Chan after critics, including Nancy Pelosi, called it sexist and racist. Wiener, who previousl…
California state Sen. Scott Wiener announced Friday that his campaign will remove the ConnieChan.ai chatbot and its billboards after former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a coalition of Democrats cond…
Julian Epstein, former chief counsel of the House Judiciary Committee and staff director of the House Oversight Committee, announced in the New York Post that he is backing Republican Mike Rogers in t…
Sen. Scott Wiener took down his AI chatbot targeting Supervisor Connie Chan after three hours of crisis communications advice from Sam Singer, who called the bot a disaster. The chatbot, launched Mond…
State Senator Scott Wiener deactivated the AI chatbot he created to mock San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan after backlash from Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic lawmakers, acknowled…
Scott Wiener's campaign has parked a taxi with a banner reading 'Connie Chan Wants to Cancel Outside Lands' near the Fulton Street entrance to the festival, following the launch of an AI chatbot by th…
California state Sen. Scott Wiener launched a parody AI chatbot, ConnieChan.ai, mocking rival Connie Chan, a San Francisco supervisor, in the race to succeed Rep. Nancy Pelosi. The chatbot, billed as …
Scott Wiener's congressional campaign launched a parody AI chatbot impersonating rival Connie Chan, mocking her voting record on housing, transit, and live music. The bot, ConnieChan.ai, debuted this …
San Francisco poet Tucker Bryant launched ChatTJB.org, a website that mimics AI chatbots but is actually powered by Bryant himself, who answers over 1,000 queries daily. The project, which went viral …
Employees at AI labs Anthropic and OpenAI are outspending earlier tech giants in political donations, with 59 per 1,000 Anthropic employees donating to federal campaigns this cycle — nearly triple the…
Sneha Revanur, founder of AI advocacy nonprofit Encode, helped pass landmark AI safety laws in California and New York by building an unlikely coalition of activists, despite facing opposition from Bi…
Dr. Nasser Mohamed, an openly gay Qatari doctor and LGBTQ+ activist, wore a rainbow-trimmed traditional bisht at a World Cup event in San Francisco to advocate for equal rights. Mohamed, who came out …
Anthropic employees have donated more than $880,000 directly to political campaigns favoring stricter AI regulations, with OpenAI staff contributing an additional $300,000, according to FEC data analy…