Kamala Harris Recruits Liberal Megadonors to Fight ‘Disinformation’ and Safeguard AI ‘Democracy’

Vice President Kamala Harris unveiled an initiative with several left-wing megadonors on Wednesday that aims to counter “disinformation” and protect “democracy” from artificial intelligence (AI) threats, according to an announcement Wednesday.

The philanthropies contribute more than $200 million collectively, and include left-wing billionaire George Soros’ Open Society Foundations and Pierre Omidyar’s Omidyar Network and Democracy Fund. seconds in the project document. The groups allegedly strive to ensure that policymakers prevent AI from negatively affecting elections and “marginalized” groups.

@VP Kamala Harris has arrived in London for her 19th overseas trip!

Why is he the right person to represent the US at the first World AI Security Summit?

Here she is in 2019, as a senator from California, discussing the risks of emerging technology:pic.twitter.com/u4xPA9qluJ

— Qondi (@QondiNtini) November 1, 2023

Left-wing philanthropies “are supporting initiatives to protect American democracy from the potentially destabilizing effects of AI,” the initiative’s document states. “These efforts include defending free and fair elections while combating disinformation and the undermining of public trust.”

“Philanthropies are also funding projects to develop inclusive and rights-respecting AI governance frameworks and to protect against harmful impacts on historically marginalized communities,” the paper added.

Harris will announce the project at a “Global Summit on Artificial Intelligence Security” in the United Kingdom on Wednesday, according to a White House statement. data sheet detailing the project.

“The projects include efforts to improve the understanding and use of artificial intelligence and relevant technology by policymakers to shape effective and equitable policy,” the document added.

Soros gave $178,810,550 to Democrats and $0 to Republicans during the 2022 midterm election cycle. seconds at OpenSecrets. Soros’ son Alex recently took over the Open Society Foundations and has contributed extensively to Democrats, seconds to the Federal Electoral Commission.

Omidyar contributed $250,000 to the NeverTrump PAC in 2016, seconds at OpenSecrets.

Open Society Foundations donated $10 million subsidies to the Voter Registration Project (VRP) and the Omidyar Democracy Fund gave the organization $500,000 grant. VRP is a group that billed itself as “non-partisan” but aimed to help Democrats win elections in 2020. seconds to a report from the watchdog group Capital Research Center exclusively obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation.

VRP was “commissioned” by the White House Deputy Chief of Staff John Podesta and was heavily targeted to the likely demographic to vote for Democrats, which has generated 5.1 million new voter registrations since 2015, seconds on your website.

The Ford Foundation helped launch the Black Feminist Fund in 2021 with $15 million in seed funding, seconds on your website.

Democracy Fund, Ford Foundation, Open Society Foundations and MacArthur Foundation are also part of a coalition which has pledged more than $500 million to finance and influence local media over the course of five years. The MacArthur Foundation is leading this coalition and has pledged $150 million in grants, seconds in the New York Times.

The MacArthur Foundation has often given money to left-wing organizations like this one Planned Parenthoodthe Tides Foundationand the Environmental Defense Fund, seconds in their grant database.

The White House, the Democracy Fund, the Open Society Foundations, the Ford Foundation and the MacArthur Foundation did not immediately respond to DCNF’s request for comment.

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