AI lobbying is not about the rules. It is about the venue.

The article is headlined 'AI lobbying is not about the rules. It is about the venue.' The report says the emphasis is on where rules are made rather than on their content.

According to the article, super PACs backed by OpenAI's president and by a16z are spending heavily on a national framework that would override state rules. The report states that OpenAI has separately asked California to toughen a state law it once fought. It also states that the company has asked Congress for mandatory federal requirements. The article sets these against Lehane's description of the industry's turn to state-level lawmaking as 'reverse federalism'.

The report frames the industry's activity as a contest over venue rather than over regulatory substance. In that account, a company can oppose a state law, later ask that state to strengthen it, and at the same time back a national framework that would supersede state rules. The article attributes the 'reverse federalism' description to Lehane, OpenAI's top political strategist, and links the national-framework spending to super PACs backed by OpenAI's president and by a16z.