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The Scott Wiener Congressional Exploratory Cmte received $8,600 from OpenAI.

https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/openai/summary?id=D00008425...



It's impressive how affordable politicians are.

You've got a company valued at $80 billion and you can get legislation put forward to kneecap your primary competition for a the price of a 2009 Honda Accord with 150,000 miles on the odometer? What great value for money!


> can get legislation put forward

This typically works the other way. You find politicians who support you, due to personal views or electoral idiosyncrasies, and then give them money to boost them.


Politicians at prices so low we're practically GIVING them away !

(pace Crazy Eddie)




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