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Democratic megadonor Ron Conway taps Jay Carney to lead new AI policy center

Politico · · International · AI Governance

Democratic megadonor Ron Conway has recruited Jay Carney, the former White House press secretary and Amazon executive, to lead a new AI policy center. The center's focus and funding structure have not been detailed in available reporting.

Why this matters: When a major political donor funds an AI policy shop and installs a well-connected Washington insider to run it, the output of that shop does not arrive neutral. Policy centers shape rules, talking points, and what gets treated as common sense in regulatory debates. The people writing AI policy right now are deciding who bears risk when systems go wrong, and who gets to keep the profit when they go right. It matters who is paying for the research that frames those choices.

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