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We urge you to disavow support from the Big Tech AI super PAC Leading the Future (LTF), which is funded by Donald Trump’s biggest backers. Instead of addressing growing public concern about AI’s risks to children, workers, and communities, LTF is undermining Democrats and promoting an agenda that passes off AI’s rising costs to the American people, giving the wealthiest companies in the world a free handout. LTF has already received over $50 million in funding from Trump’s allies atop OpenAI, Palantir, and Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), all of whom are already profiting from unsafe AI, taxpayer-funded surveillance with ICE, and billions in government contracts. We call on you to refuse this support from Big Tech AI super PACs like LTF, that are undermining our elections and eroding the public’s trust in our political system.
Americans are worried about rising costs, harms to children, threats to jobs, the spread of deepfakes, and the concentration of power in a handful of technology companies. Recent polling consistently shows that large majorities of Americans across party lines are deeply concerned about AI’s impact on younger generations, on jobs and the economy, and privacy. Across the political spectrum, voters want to see lawmakers support stronger guardrails on AI development. LTF’s political mission is to ensure that never happens.
We urge you to disavow support from the Big Tech AI super PAC Leading the Future (LTF), which is funded by Donald Trump’s biggest backers. Instead of addressing growing public concern about AI’s risks to children, workers, and communities, LTF is undermining Democrats and promoting an agenda that passes off AI’s rising costs to the American people, giving the wealthiest companies in the world a free handout. LTF has already received over $50 million in funding from Trump’s allies atop OpenAI, Palantir, and Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), all of whom are already profiting from unsafe AI, taxpayer-funded surveillance with ICE, and billions in government contracts. We call on you to refuse this support from Big Tech AI super PACs like LTF, that are undermining our elections and eroding the public’s trust in our political system.
Americans are worried about rising costs, harms to children, threats to jobs, the spread of deepfakes, and the concentration of power in a handful of technology companies. Recent polling consistently shows that large majorities of Americans across party lines are deeply concerned about AI’s impact on younger generations, on jobs and the economy, and privacy. Across the political spectrum, voters want to see lawmakers support stronger guardrails on AI development. LTF’s political mission is to ensure that never happens.
In this moment, Members of Congress face a clear choice: stand with the public or align with a Trump-aligned industry driving the affordability crisis and helping ICE terrorize our communities.
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We are counting on you to listen to the growing wave of public concern and reject support from Trump-connected AI Super PACs while that same industry actively works to weaken oversight and undermine any and all attempts at basic oversight and regulation.
You have an opportunity to show leadership by drawing a clear line and rejecting LTF’s endorsement of your candidacy. Disavowing LTF and Trump-aligned Tech CEOs’ support would send a powerful signal that you are committed to protecting children, workers, immigrants, and communities from executive overreach.
This is a pivotal moment for our country, our economy, and our communities as we confront Big Tech’s AI. The decisions made now will shape the trajectory of this technology and of our society for decades to come. We urge you to reject Big Tech’s advances and fight to make sure that the rules governing AI are written by voters, not Trump cronies.
