A key architect of California’s artificial intelligence policy is running to take that work to Congress next year — but only if he can beat a fellow Democrat in a San Francisco district where voters are increasingly apprehensive about the fast-growing technology.
Most polls show state Sen. Scott Wiener neck-and-neck with Supervisor Connie Chan, who lags in fundraising but is bolstered by former Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s endorsement in the race to succeed her. The Democrat-on-Democrat race is becoming a microcosm for the party’s internal wrestling match over how to regulate AI and a preview of how messaging …
