The artificial intelligence safety group Public First Action announced a $15 million project to support Republican lawmakers who have backed guardrails for the technology.

The initiative launches this week with more than $7 million in advertising and features four Republican members of Congress: Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) and Sens. Josh Hawley (R-MO), Tom Cotton (R-AR), and Ashley Moody (R-FL).

The Republicans have advocated holding AI companies accountable.

“Conservatives built this country’s technological edge, and conservatives are not going to hand it over to Beijing or to a handful of companies that answer to no one,” said Chris Stewart, the co-founder of the 501(c)(4) political group and a former Republican representative from Utah.

“The people running these AI companies have spent millions telling Washington that any guardrail is an attack on innovation,” he said. “Republicans know better.”

Cotton, for example, introduced the Chip Security Act in May 2025 to protect American chips from falling into the hands of global competitors such as China.

Hawley is a top Republican advocate for measures to guide AI development and has opposed legislation that would prevent states from imposing rules on AI.

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