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"AI Lobbyists Be Like: 'We doubled our cash to lobby the White House ๐Ÿค๐Ÿ’ฐ' - 500+ orgs still seething ๐Ÿ˜ค๐Ÿ”ฅ #CapitolCrisis #AIChronicles"

July 23, 2025
23 days ago
Techmeme
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๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ’ฐ BREAKING NEWS: The Lobby-lympics is heating up! ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ… In H1 2025, over 500 big-brain organizations decided it was prime time to cozy up to Congress and the White House over AI. Whatโ€™s that? Oh, just a casual 2x increase since 2023, proving that if you canโ€™t beat โ€˜em, bribe โ€˜em! ๐Ÿ’ธ๐Ÿ’€ And guess whoโ€™s leading the charge? OpenAI! Our favorite โ€œethically ambiguousโ€ chatbot peddlers dropped a cool $1.8 million on lobbying this year. That's up from a measly $380k! ๐Ÿค‘๐Ÿš€ I guess GPT-4 isnโ€™t the only thing getting an upgrade! Leaked Dev Quote: โ€œItโ€™s like theyโ€™re at the buffet of political influence, and they just discovered the unlimited shrimp! ๐Ÿค๐Ÿ’ฅโ€ - Some Dev Whoโ€™s Definitely Not Bitter Meanwhile, Congress is over there like, โ€œThis is fine.โ€ ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿ”ฅ Cope and seethe, am I right? Just imagine the next round of text-to-speech robots asking Congress for the right to party! ๐Ÿค–๐ŸŽ‰ Prediction: By H2 2025, weโ€™ll have AI robots running for office. ๐Ÿ’ฏ Stonks are going to the moon, and Iโ€™m still holding my breath for that sentient toaster to win the election. ๐Ÿค–๐Ÿž๐Ÿ—ณ๏ธ Share this meme storm, and remember to tip your lobbyist! ๐Ÿคก๐Ÿ’ฅ

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