# Public First Action Says AI Safety Advocates Saw Midterms as a Major Win

By Riza Dagoc

Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/regulation/52806
Published: 2026-11-10T04:32:12.000Z
Updated: 2026-11-10T04:32:12.000Z
Section: Regulation

> Public First’s 2027 priorities include preserving states’ authority over AI laws, backing safety-focused candidates and using $30 million to counter pro-AI messaging.

Public First Action and an affiliated super PAC are planning their next steps after saying AI safety advocates viewed the midterms as a major win. Public First’s priorities for 2027 focus on congressional rules, state authority and political messaging.

Public First wants Congress to pass AI legislation that preserves states’ ability to write their own rules. Its other goals are to support candidates who favor AI safety regulation and use $30 million it currently holds to respond to messaging that backs AI development.

Public First receives substantial funding from Anthropic and supports regulatory guardrails for AI. It described Leading the Future, a super PAC backing AI development, as having suffered a major setback.

Public First warned that the election and what it described as a setback for Leading the Future did not mean major technology companies had ended their political efforts on AI.