Eric Neyman · EA Forum · Oct 20, 2025
"Consider donating to Alex Bores, author of the RAISE Act"
Alex Bores is one of the few potential politicians who has shown any care at all about existential risk from AI.
Neyman, an AI safety researcher, argued on the Effective Altruism Forum that Bores is unusually receptive to AI-risk and animal-welfare priorities, with “EA-minded staff around him.” The same author subsequently wrote the organizing memo that this volunteer effort is based on.
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Scott Alexander · Astral Codex Ten · December 2025
Links for December 2025 (item 21)
Bores has masterfully leveraged the unprecedented opposition from Big Tech into a selling point.
In his December 2025 links roundup, Alexander noted that Bores announced for Congress, that the a16z-backed pro-AI super-PAC announced a “multibillion dollar effort” to sink the campaign, and that Bores raised $1.2 million on his first day. “Impressive work from everybody,” Alexander wrote. The post is commentary, not a formal endorsement.
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The Ezra Klein Show · New York Times · Feb 23, 2026
"Why Are Palantir and OpenAI Scared of Alex Bores?"
A 90-minute interview covering Bores’ path from Palantir to the New York State Assembly, the RAISE Act, and the broader politics of AI regulation. Klein is a NYT opinion columnist and does not personally endorse candidates; the interview is included here as coverage, not as an endorsement.
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