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The Pentagon is racing to put AI into every corner of its work. The office meant to make sure that happens safely is mostly empty.
Seven of the 10 positions in the Defense Department's Responsible AI Division were vacant as of February, according to a GAO report released Oct. 14. The council that's supposed to coordinate responsible-AI work didn't meet from late 2024 until August 2025, and it still has no written charter spelling out who's in charge or how often it meets. GAO's warning: it "is at risk of lapsing again."
The gaps show up in practice. GAO asked 10 DoD offices about one AI project each. Four said none of their requirements matched the department's own responsible-AI tenets. Three didn't know whether results would be checked once the system was in use. And 29 of 64 tasks on the division's own roadmap were still unfinished as of April.
Pentagon leaders say speed is the priority as rivals pour money into AI. Sen. Jack Reed and outside experts argue oversight can't wait. GAO wants a charter and a fully staffed office; DoD agreed. All three recommendations remain open.
Full story from AllCiv, based on a Legis1 review of the audit: bit.ly/4A05IGx
399 endorsements. One Texas Senate seat. 6 days out. 🗝️
Talarico (D) 135 • Paxton (R) 103
Same race, two totally different coalitions. Senate Dem leadership, Pritzker, Bloomberg and the big Texas papers on one side. Cruz, Thune, Musk, RFK Jr., the NRA and the U.S. Chamber on the other.
And the biggest group doing the endorsing? Not Congress — state and local officials (134 of them).
Every endorsement here is sourced and dated. Full race tracker, polling and money at legis1.com
Dems push in. GOP pulls back. 💸
Super PAC ad money just reshuffled:
🔵 Democrats: +$266,710 net across 6 filings�
🔴 Republicans: −$252,155 net across 16 filings
Biggest move: WinSenate added $250,250 to Michigan’s Senate race.
Biggest retreat: Senate Leadership Fund pulled $278,610 out of Georgia’s Senate race, while adding $114,760 in toss-up Iowa.
Full breakdown at Legis1: bit.ly/4Bv2Q65
Meta spent $6.8M on federal lobbying in Q3 — down from $8.1M in Q1 — as Congress weighs children's online safety bills and digital services taxes that could hit its bottom line. #Meta #TechPolicy #OnlineSafety
Meta spent $6.8M on federal lobbying in Q3 — down from $8.1M in Q1 — as Congress weighs children's online safety bills and digital services taxes that could hit its bottom line. #Meta #TechPolicy #OnlineSafety
Oracle spent $2.89M on federal lobbying in Q3 — up 25% year-over-year — as Congress scrutinizes its $26.9B VA health records contract and debates national AI and privacy policy. #Oracle #FederalContracting #AIPolicy
Oracle spent $2.89M on federal lobbying in Q3 — up 25% year-over-year — as Congress scrutinizes its $26.9B VA health records contract and debates national AI and privacy policy. #Oracle #FederalContracting #AIPolicy
Battleground ad spending is shifting by the hour as super PACs and party committees pour money into key states ahead of Nov. 2026. Follow the cash to find the map. #Elections2026 #AdSpending #Politics
Michigan went from $306K in booked airtime yesterday to nearly $4 MILLION today.
Democratic-aligned groups put up $2.75M of that, against $1.23M from Republican-aligned groups. House Majority PAC alone booked $2.13M, and WinSenate added $620K.
The full breakdown and what to watch the week of Oct. 26, is here: bit.ly/3WDMQ1v
AI money has arrived in the midterms. 💸
Anthropic employees have given $2.99M this cycle, second only to Google.
In 2022, Anthropic wasn’t even in the top five.
Google is still No. 1, but its donors gave about 19% less than in 2022.
Blackstone is down 15%.
Microsoft and SEIU dropped out of the top five.
Who’s funding 2026? Full data at legis1.com
Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company behind Claude, is closing in on Google as one of the biggest sources of individual campaign donors in the 2026 midterm elections.
People listing Anthropic as their employer have contributed $2.99 million to federal candidates and political committees this cycle, just $240,000 behind Google.
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Arnold Ventures entered the top five with $1.54 million in contributions from people listing it as their employer. Microsoft and the Service Employees International Union, which were previously in the top five, dropped out.
Anthropic donors have given mostly to Democrats, though employee contributions do not necessarily reflect the company's official position.
As Congress considers artificial intelligence policy, campaign finance data offers another way to track where people working in the industry are directing political contributions.
The totals could still change as more campaign finance disclosures come in. Contributions alone don't establish what policy outcomes will follow.
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