Bottom Line: OpenAI adds former senator to lobbying roster

artificial intelligence

OpenAI hired Hogan Lovells US LLP It returned in January to lobby on issues related to artificial intelligence (AI) research and development, according to a new report. Lobbying disclosure Submitted last week. The artificial intelligence giant behind ChatGPT stepped up its lobbying efforts in October, registering to lobby and soon hiring law firm and lobbying giants DLA Piper and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld. Former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) will work on the new account.

of AI Safety Activities Fund Center It was also recently adopted akin Provide “strategic and policy advice” on artificial intelligence. The fund is the advocacy arm of the Center for AI Safety. organized the letters Last May, he warned of the “risk of extinction due to AI.” Several OpenAI employees and board members, including CEO Sam Altman, signed the letter. Reginald Babin, former chief adviser to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, will work on the report.

Babin and three other Akin lobbyists who have registered with Center for AI Security Action Fund accounts are also among the lobbyists who have registered with OpenAI.

insurance

Insurance company Aflac hired Horizons Global Solutions Lobbying on the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025. Stephen Boyd, a former assistant attorney general at the Justice Department and a former congressional aide in the House and Senate, will tackle the issue.

health

Advocate Health Advisor hired greenberg traurig Lobbying on policies affecting the Medicare Advantage program, an alternative program to traditional Medicare offered through private companies approved by Medicare. Former Congressman Charles “Charlie” Bass (RN.H.) will be in charge of this account.

amgen hired washington advocacy group Educate members of Congress about “issues impacting Amgen and patients.” The account’s lobbyist is Michael Lamoureux, a former Republican president of the Arkansas Senate and later chief of staff to Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson.

technology

comcast hired smart policy group Lobbying on issues related to internet regulation and spectrum. The lobbyist for this account is Pete Leon, former legislative director for New York Congressman Eliot Engel.