Tech executives are pouring money into a super PAC to defeat Alex Bores, a Democratic congressional candidate in New York's 12th District who has championed AI regulation. The super PAC Leading the Future, funded by OpenAI co-founders and Palantir's Joe Lonsdale, is running attack ads claiming Bores profited from ICE deportations through his Palantir work.

Bores, a New York State Assembly member, co-authored the RAISE Act, one of the first AI regulation laws passed in any major state. The attack ads, funded by tech industry leaders, distort his record while targeting anyone who might challenge their influence. OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman has publicly criticized this approach, arguing that "the democratic process remains more powerful than companies."

Despite the smear campaign, Bores has proven himself as an effective legislator, passing 30 bills in three years and earning recognition from the Center for Effective Lawmaking. His experience spans both technology and labor relations, having studied computer science at Cornell while learning campaign strategy through student activism against Nike's labor practices. The coordinated effort to silence AI regulation advocates reveals how tech billionaires are willing to spend unlimited funds to prevent democratic oversight of artificial intelligence development.