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AI safety 'doomers' pouring cash into Minn. Senate race for Sanders-backed lefty Peggy Flanagan

AI safety “doomers” have waded into Minnesota’s US Senate race with thousands of dollars' worth of donations to Democrat Peggy Flanagan – a Sen. Bernie Sanders-backed candidate who has called AI an “existential threat” to humanity, The Post has learned.

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New York Post· Oct 12, 10:00 AMAI safety 'doomers' pouring cash into Minn. Senate race for Sanders-backed lefty Peggy Flanagan

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Ex-NFL reporter Michele Tafoya hammers Minnesota Dems on welfare fraud - as polls show her neck and neck in Senate raceMinnesota Senate candidate Michele Tafoya dragged her Democratic opponent, Lieutenant Gov. Peggy Flanagan, over alleged welfare fraud in the state under her watch -- as new polls predict an incredibly close match-up.

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Minnesota welfare fraud scandal will haunt Flanagan Senate bid, Emmer saysMinnesota welfare fraud involving Feeding Our Future will define the state's Senate race, Rep. Tom Emmer says, saying Peggy Flanagan is tainted by Tim Walz's record.

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AI Safety Researchers Back Dem Flanagan in Minn. Senate RaceThe donations, made by 12 AI industry employees between July 13 and Aug. 12, could signal growing political engagement among researchers who support stricter oversight of the technology, according to campaign finance records reviewed by the Post.

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