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Kyrsten Sinema: US has 'got to win' AI race to protect national security

Former Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema joins 'Fox & Friends' to explain the benefits of artificial intelligence and the need for data centers within the United States.

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Former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., warned that the U.S. risks ceding global leadership on artificial intelligence to China, calling the AI race a matter of national security that the nation has "got to win."

"China is doing everything it can to dominate AI globally, and they will program the AI with Chinese values," Sinema said on "Fox & Friends" Thursday.

"And President Trump is 100% right. We've got to double down and make sure that American values are the values of the world, and that we control this global AI agenda. And that's why these data centers are so important all across the country."

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Former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., speaks to reporters in the Ohio Clock Corridor of the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 9, 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)

Sinema argued the U.S. needs to quickly expand domestic data centers and invest in AI infrastructure.

"We have got to win that race," she said.?

Sinema pushed back on concerns that AI may take American jobs, drawing a comparison between today's "AI revolution" and the "internet revolution" of the 1990s.?

Former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has advocated for greater investment in artificial intelligence infrastructure. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

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She maintained the internet has made life more convenient, productive and efficient, despite anxieties that it would "ruin jobs" or "take control."

"People think, 'Oh, the robots are gonna take over.' But what they're maybe not thinking about is how it's enhancing their lives already," she said, pointing to AI-optimized firetruck and school bus routes as early examples of how communities are already benefiting from the new technology.