EXCLUSIVE: Pro-Trump Group Wades Into GOP Battle Over AI Regulation

A conservative nonprofit organization is wading into a consequential policy fight over artificial intelligence (AI) regulation taking center stage on Capitol Hill.

Building America’s Future unveiled a six-figure ad buy Tuesday urging Congress to back President Donald Trump’s call in passing a single federal standard for AI regulation that would override a patchwork of state laws. The ad campaign, first shared with the 🏢Daily Caller News Foundation, comes as lawmakers are in a heated debate about whether the federal government or state capitals should dictate AI policy — with Republicans split on the issue.

The pro-Trump group’s 30-second spot titled “Now” will run nationally on TV and on digital platforms in Washington, D.C., according to a source familiar with the ad buy.

WATCH: 

Building America’s Future and other supporters of a uniform federal AI standard argue that a conflicting state-by-state approach will allow Democrats to shape AI policy and cede innovation to China. The group also claims that a national AI framework will provide an economic boost to Americans, though lawmakers in both parties have voiced concern about artificial intelligence’s impact on the workforce.

“America is losing the AI race to China and liberal states are to blame,” the 30-second ad says in part. “We can’t afford California’s chaos. We can’t leave Governor Newsom in charge.”

“Congress must act, now: Set one national rulebook that continues our jobs boom, lowers costs, and leaves China behind,” the ad continues.

Republican leadership has floated inserting a provision in a year-end defense policy bill that would block states from regulating artificial intelligence. Trump, who has largely embraced