Technical Leadership

Artificial Intelligence

From deepfake laws to federal research infrastructure, the U.S. built real guardrails while funding open, useful AI.

Their plan: no guardrails or total bans. Anything but real policy.

MAGA deregulators want zero rules while cultural arsonists push blanket bans on the research we need. In both cases, scams thrive and public infrastructure loses.

Deregulation absolutists

House Republicans are trying to repeal the Biden AI executive order outright, insisting that deepfake scams, identity theft, and election manipulation are just the ‘price of innovation.’

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Monopoly lobbyists

Big Tech PACs quietly lobby against NAIRR funding so public compute stays starved, universities stay dependent on corporate clouds, and independent researchers can’t compete.

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Culture-war censors

State-level MAGA bills criminalize open-source research instead of targeting actual harms — chilling academics and whistleblowers while the scammers and propagandists run free.

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Clean-energy deniers

Republicans block the grid upgrades, solar buildouts, and transmission lines required to power modern AI — demanding U.S. AI dominance while kneecapping the electricity that makes it possible.

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Science Deniers

How can an adminstration backed by anti-vaccine, anti-science clowns injecting bleach into their veins lead during an AI revolution? From climate to healthcare, MAGA rejects research and evidence at every turn - putting America LAST.

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Talent-pool shrinkers

Anti-immigration crusades target the very researchers, engineers, and graduate students who build frontier models — pushing world-class talent to Europe and China while shutting down the Blue Chips Act investments we need to stay competitive.

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THE OPPOSITION ↗

Daddy's Plan

AI Revolution: Safe, Open, Useful

Where are all the AI companies at? Oh - that's right. California. While Texas can barely keep the lights on from a little snow, California is rolling 24/7.

Solution

Keep America building AI here

Gavin backs the Blue Chips Act to expand U.S. compute, research, and semiconductor manufacturing - because you can't lead in AI on supply chains built in Beijing. Republicans talk about AI leadership, then vote against every investment that makes it possible.

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Solution

Protect the talent that builds the future

Every major AI lab is in California, and they rely on global talent. GOP anti-immigration crusades would push the world's best engineers straight into China's arms. Gavin expands high-skill visas and STEM pathways so America keeps - and attracts - the people who build frontier technologies.

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Solution

AI that strengthens the public, not just the private

Gavin uses AI to solve real problems: wildfire prediction, healthcare capacity, grid reliability - not just to pump stock prices. While Republicans rail against regulation one day and demand AI safeguards the next, Gavin delivers a stable, pro-innovation framework that actually keeps people safe.

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Power metrics

Receipts from the AI beat

Progress you can measure right now.

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94%

Nationwide deepfake protections enacted

Most passed since 2019 — building on the privacy and AI-safety standards California pioneered under Gavin’s watch.

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47 states

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100%

Researchers unlocked NAIRR access

A public-compute model Gavin supports: giving scientists and startups access to compute Big Tech keeps behind paywalls.

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150+ teams

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100%

Federal investments in AI institutes

The NSF AI Institutes network expanded under the CHIPS framework — the same research backbone Republicans attack while claiming they want U.S. AI leadership.

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$100M (2025)

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Receipts for the AI agenda

Dive deeper into deepfake legislation, NAIRR rollouts, and NSF investments. Every citation opens in a new tab.