Image: US Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas), speaks during the the Center for American Progress IDEAS Conference in Washington, DC on May 19, 2026.  (Photo by Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)

Jessica Corbett of Common Dreams reports: “Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Greg Casar this week urged fellow Democrats to reject campaign support from artificial intelligence industry lobbyists and unveiled a bill intended to help protect workers from AI-related mass unemployment.

The Texas congressman took aim at Leading the Future (LTF), a pro-industry super political action committee (PAC), and “AI billionaires that are lobbying for no regulation,” during a Thursday interview with MS NOW. He argued that “we need to clearly be 100% on the side of workers who are vulnerable, kids who are vulnerable, everyday people who are vulnerable to mass surveillance.”

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