Former Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, co-chair of the AI Infrastructure Coalition, discusses President Trump's strategic decision to bring top American tech CEOs to China for his meeting with Xi Jinping.
Sen. Tom Cotton urged the Justice Department to investigate a covert campaign linked to China designed to "kneecap" America's rapidly expanding artificial intelligence infrastructure in a letter obtained exclusively by Fox News Digital.
In the letter to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, the Arkansas Republican calls for federal investigators to examine whether foreign actors are attempting to shape U.S. public opinion and policy against data centers and AI development as Washington and Beijing compete for dominance in artificial intelligence.
As a network of organizations supported by far-left activist Jodie Evans (second from left) and her husband Neville Roy Singham (right) protest America's AI development, data centers and other technology advancements, Sen. Tom Cotton (left) sends a letter to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, urging him to investigate the groups for possible violations of the Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA). (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images, Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images)
"Recent reports show that Communist China is attempting to influence our policy and public opinion on data centers. The reason is obvious: they want to kneecap our processing power to win the AI race," Cotton told Fox News Digital.
"Americans should decide their own future free of communist propaganda. I'm encouraging the Department of Justice to investigate," Cotton said.
REPORT: CHINESE PROPAGANDA, SINGHAM NETWORK, FOREIGN DARK MONEY LINKED TO CAMPAIGNS AGAINST DATA CENTERS
The Bitcoin Policy Institute released a report alleging that nonprofits aligned with Chinese interests are driving a campaign against U.S. data centers. (Bitc
