Dan Osborn Pledged To ‘Never’ Accept Contributions From AI Donors Just Hours After an Anthropic Lobbyist Threw Him a Fundraiser

On Sept. 23, Nebraska "independent" Senate candidate Dan Osborn was thrown a private Washington, D.C., fundraiser cohosted by an Anthropic lobbyist. The next day, Osborn declared at a press conference that he would "never" accept contributions from AI companies and accused his Republican opponent of being a shill for Anthropic. The post Dan Osborn…