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Transformer Weekly: Anthropic’s political donations, energy bills policy, and an xAI exodus
Welcome to Transformer, your weekly briefing of what matters in AI. And if you’ve been forwarded this email, click here to subscribe and receive future editions. And a big announcement: please welcome Veronica Irwin, our new senior policy reporter. She’s based in New York and DC — you can get in touch with her here. NEED TO KNOW Anthropic donated $20m to Public First Action, part of the flagship AI safety political fundraising operation. The Trump admin has reportedly drafted a voluntary compact that would require AI companies to pay 100% of their data center power generation costs. A…
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