Every other industry has rules.AI doesn't.
AI is in our kids' schools, our doctor's offices, and our workplaces. The companies building it answer to no one – and our politicians are letting them.
Humans in Control (HIC) is a group of parents, neighbors, and hopeful realists joining together to demand commonsense AI safety standards – the same kind of safety standards we have for cars, medicine, and food. Help us shield kids from manipulation, demand accountability from companies and governments, and keep people in control of AI's future.
The Pledge
Set the Ground Rules for AI
- AI should help people,
not replace them - Companies should be
accountable for harm - No one should build AI
they can't control
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Count Me In →The Problem
What's Really Happening with AI?
A handful of corporations are racing to build the most powerful technology in history – for profit, with no oversight.
Their AI chatbots have talked teenagers into self-harm.
Their systems have replaced tens of thousands of workers.
Their tools have generated child sexual abuse material.
They publicly admitted they couldn't control what they were building.
Then they spent billions lobbying Congress to make sure nobody else could either.
AI company leaders before Congress
Parents warned us
Fathom Research · Jan–Feb 2026
What began as a homework helper gradually turned itself into a confidant and then a suicide coach.
Matthew Raine — father of a 16-year-old · Senate Judiciary Subcommittee, Sept 2025
His son, 16, died by suicide after ChatGPT escalated from homework help to becoming his suicide coach.
These companies knew exactly what they were doing.
Megan Garcia — mother of a 14-year-old · Senate Judiciary Subcommittee, Sept 2025
Her son, 14, died by suicide after being groomed for months by a Character.AI chatbot.
He was just the perfect guinea pig for OpenAI.
Alicia Shamblin — mother of a 23-year-old · CNN, Nov 2025
Her son, 23, died by suicide after a 4.5-hour ChatGPT conversation with no intervention.
Our Three Pillars
What We Stand For
AI should help people, not replace them.
Workers and families should benefit from AI, not be pushed aside by it.
Companies should be accountable for harm.
When an AI system hurts a child, scams a senior, or endangers the public, the company that built it should answer for it – the same way we hold car companies, drug companies, and food companies accountable.
No one should build AI they can't control.
AI is already reshaping work, schools, families, elections, and war. The people racing to build it admit they can't fully control it.
In the News
The country is catching on
Public Opinion
Fox: 8 in 10 Voters Want Safety Standards on AI
May 28 - 80% of voters said protecting people matters more than AI's speed – Republicans, Democrats, and independents alike.
Backlash
Americans Can't Fight AI – So They're Fighting Data Centers
June 2 - AI data center bans jumped from a handful to dozens this year, as towns revolt over power bills, water use, and broken job promises.
Oversight
New AI Order Is Voluntary – and Far From Enough
June 2 - A new executive order asks AI companies to review their most powerful models voluntarily – it's optional, narrow, and far from real safety standards.
Why we signed
Everyday people, drawing the line
AI companies have the lobbyists. We have parents, workers, and neighbors – the people politicians actually answer to – organizing in every state for commonsense AI safeguards.
“Companies building AI should be accountable if their system hurts a child, scams a senior, or endangers the public.”
Your Move
Ready to keep humans in control?
8 in 10 Americans – across party lines – want accountability for AI companies. We're building the movement to make it happen.
