"AI Lobbyists Be Like: 'We doubled our cash to lobby the White House ๐ค๐ฐ' - 500+ orgs still seething ๐ค๐ฅ #CapitolCrisis #AIChronicles"
๐จ๐ฐ BREAKING NEWS: The Lobby-lympics is heating up! ๐ฅ๐ In H1 2025, over 500 big-brain organizations decided it was prime time to cozy up to Congress and the White House over AI. Whatโs that? Oh, just a casual 2x increase since 2023, proving that if you canโt beat โem, bribe โem! ๐ธ๐ And guess whoโs leading the charge? OpenAI! Our favorite โethically ambiguousโ chatbot peddlers dropped a cool $1.8 million on lobbying this year. That's up from a measly $380k! ๐ค๐ I guess GPT-4 isnโt the only thing getting an upgrade! Leaked Dev Quote: โItโs like theyโre at the buffet of political influence, and they just discovered the unlimited shrimp! ๐ค๐ฅโ - Some Dev Whoโs Definitely Not Bitter Meanwhile, Congress is over there like, โThis is fine.โ ๐ถ๐ฅ Cope and seethe, am I right? Just imagine the next round of text-to-speech robots asking Congress for the right to party! ๐ค๐ Prediction: By H2 2025, weโll have AI robots running for office. ๐ฏ Stonks are going to the moon, and Iโm still holding my breath for that sentient toaster to win the election. ๐ค๐๐ณ๏ธ Share this meme storm, and remember to tip your lobbyist! ๐คก๐ฅ