Bitcoin Policy Institute Researcher Testifies on Foreign Influence Campaign Targeting U.S. AI Infrastructure
Sam Lyman, head of research at the Bitcoin Policy Institute (BPI), testified before a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee about foreign influence campaigns targeting America's artificial intelligence infrastructure. His testimony detailed how China-linked efforts have stalled or blocked $23.6 billion in proposed U.S. AI investments through 21 campaigns across 14 states. Lyman highlighted three main vectors of influence: Chinese state media and bot networks, U.S.-based nonprofits funded by Shanghai-based Marxist Neville Roy Singham, and the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL), a group with foreign ties. These efforts contributed to data center moratoria and project rejections across multiple states. Lyman emphasized that while there is genuine public concern about AI infrastructure development in America, these concerns are being amplified by coordinated foreign influence operations aimed at slowing U.S. technological progress.
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