WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Jim Banks issued the following press release:
Yesterday, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a letter to nine individual artificial intelligence companies citing growing concerns that the People's Republic of China (PRC) is actively targeting America's AI sector through espionage and other security threats. The letter highlights mounting evidence that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is leveraging state-backed programs, corporate infiltration, and coercive tactics to access sensitive AI technologies critical to U.S. national security and economic leadership. The letter also asks AI companies to describe how they detect and guard against PRC espionage, how they ...