A battle against the AI oligarchy is brewing in this wealthy New York district

Two congressional candidates have made AI a major issue in the campaign.

The influence of the AI industry is becoming a major topic in New York’s 12th congressional district, where a crowded Democratic primary packed with millennial and Gen Z candidates is heating up. The seat represents one of the wealthiest communities in the country—and is a liberal stronghold—so whoever wins could eventually become a major player in the fight to limit the most noxious impacts of large language model (LLM) technology.