The Fear Index
Rank 8 of 9
Loss of control
48
on the Fear Index
Bills0
Lobbying filings70
Attention123.8K
The receipts
122,768Wikipedia views on this fear in the last 30 days
1,067news articles about it in the last 30 days
70federal lobbying filings name it, past year
$240Kspent lobbying on it by advocacy groups, past year
Who's funding it
Advocacy groups and foundations lobbying on this fear, past year.
Industry at the table
Companies and trade groups whose lobbying filings name this fear, past year.
- 1Meta3 filings
- 2Google3 filings
- 3Apple3 filings
- 4Credit Union National Association, Inc. Dba America's Credit Unions3 filings
- 5Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company & Affiliates3 filings
- 6News Media Alliance3 filings
Money, bills and attention
Lobbying filings naming it
Bills citing it
Wikipedia views
Each dot is one bill. Sources: LDA.gov lobbying filings that mention this fear, bills tagged with it, and Wikipedia pageviews for its topic.
Latest on this fear
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- Statement2026-09-12Center for Security and Emerging Technology: The week the AI freakout went mainstream