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Feed: All Latest | A Dark-Money Campaign Is Paying Influencers to Frame Chinese AI as a Threat by Taylor Lorenz

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Build American AI—a dark‑money outfit tied to the $100 million “Leading the Future” super PAC backed by tech executives from OpenAI, Palantir, Andreessen Horowitz and others—is funding a coordinated influencer campaign that first showcased lifestyle creators praising American AI and now pushes “China is a threat” messaging, paying influencers $5,000‑plus per post to frame Chinese advancement in artificial intelligence as a national‑security risk and an economic danger to U.S. jobs and personal data; the effort, run through the agency SM4, targets both left‑ and right‑leaning creators, has been denied any direct support by OpenAI or Palantir, and reflects a broader push by AI‑industry groups to steer public opinion and policy ahead of the 2026 midterms by leveraging undisclosed paid content on TikTok, Instagram and X.

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A Dark-Money Campaign Is Paying Influencers to Frame Chinese AI as a Threat

Build American AI, a nonprofit linked to a super PAC bankrolled by executives at OpenAI and Andreessen Horowitz, is funding a campaign to spread pro-AI messaging and stoke fears about China.

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