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Protecting America and our Children

March 13, 2026

The Alliance has been hard at work shaping the narrative around advanced AI. We are speaking with local community leaders, meeting policymakers and their staff, and spreading the message through national media outlets.

We have been meeting with key leaders – from Mar-a-Lago, to Washington, DC, and even small towns like La Grange, Texas – to encourage them to pursue public policy that puts us on the right path. — Brendan Steinhauser, CEO

Anthropic and the Pentagon are clashing over how the federal government should be able to use AI in the military. Anthropic’s CEO, Dario Amodei, has said the company will not allow the government to use its Claude model unless it agrees to two conditions: no mass surveillance on Americans and no lethal autonomous weapons. The debate highlights a deeper concern: whether the federal government will use AI to enhance or take away our liberty.

  • Steinhauser spoke to the Fayette County Republican Women (Texas) about AI’s impact on jobs, the economy, energy costs, and national security. The room was overwhelmingly in support of safeguards. 
Child online safety is still a major concern for a majority of Americans, especially as AI becomes more powerful. The House Energy and Commerce Committee passed the Kids Internet and Digital Safety (KIDS) Act, which does not go far enough in protecting kids from the harms they are facing today from AI. This bill sets an unreasonably high bar for holding Big Tech companies accountable for AI harms while overriding stronger state-level protections. 
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  • The Alliance for Secure AI teamed up with Common Cause and Young Americans for Liberty, calling on Congress to use its oversight authority amidst the tensions between the Department of Defense and Anthropic. 
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  • Brendan Steinhauser, CEO of The Alliance for Secure AI, spoke with NBC News about Big Tech’s race to build artificial intelligence smarter than humans, calling it a mistake to prioritize AI over human innovation.
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  • The Alliance signed onto legislation supporting Congress in establishing certain artificial intelligence standards.
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  • Steinhauser discussed AI metrics and data behind personalizing political texts and outreach with NBC Dallas. 
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  • Steinhauser commented on the transparency that the American people deserve regarding how the federal government intends to deploy AI systems.
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  • Riki Parikh, Policy Director at The Alliance, authored an op-ed examining the Pentagon’s clash with Anthropic over AI “red lines” and why clear guardrails are critical as the U.S. military increasingly adopts advanced AI.
  • Steinhauser spoke with That Kevin Show about how AI could be used to benefit all of humanity instead of being used to replace human beings.
  • Here is our latest Substack. Curated by the policy team, The Alliance AI Brief provides weekly insights into key developments in artificial intelligence policy.
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