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AI Industry Looking to Spend Big on State Races Next Year & More

September 30, 2025 (1 min read)

AI Industry Spending Big to Block State Regulations

The AI industry has launched three super PACs in recent weeks that could spend over $100 million largely on statewide races next year. The industry views state regulation, like Colorado’s first-in-the-nation comprehensive AI law passed last year, as its biggest threat. (PLURIBUS NEWS)

AI Personhood Ban Introduced in OH

A bill (HB 469) introduced in Ohio would declare artificial intelligence systems non sentient entities and prohibit them from being granted personhood. The measure would also make it illegal to marry an AI system or to appoint one to a management or staff role at a corporation or other organization, as well as prohibit an AI system from owning real estate and other assets. (COLUMBUS DISPATCH)

—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK

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