BORES LAUNCHES AI POLICY NONPROFIT WITH $10M
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New York State Assemblyman Alex Bores has launched Who Decides, a nonprofit organization that has already raised $10 million to influence Democratic artificial intelligence policy, with plans to secure an additional $20 million by 2027.
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