{"slug": "ai-companies-spend-record-sums-on-washington-lobbying", "title": "AI companies spend record sums on Washington lobbying", "summary": "AI companies OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Microsoft spent record sums on Washington lobbying in 2024, reflecting an intensifying battle over federal AI policy, according to the Financial Times.", "body_md": "# AI companies spend record sums on Washington lobbying\n\nSource:\n\n[Financial Times Technology](https://www.ft.com/technology)Rising expenditure from\n\n[OpenAI](/glossary/openai),[Anthropic](/glossary/anthropic), Google and Microsoft reflects growing battle over federal policyGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-companies-spend-record-sums-on-washington-lobbying", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/ai-companies-spend-record-sums-on-washington-lobbying-zz3f", "published_at": "2026-07-27 04:00:14+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-27 05:27:25.696358+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy"], "entities": ["OpenAI", "Anthropic", "Google", "Microsoft", "Financial Times"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-companies-spend-record-sums-on-washington-lobbying", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-companies-spend-record-sums-on-washington-lobbying.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-companies-spend-record-sums-on-washington-lobbying.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-companies-spend-record-sums-on-washington-lobbying.jsonld"}}