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House Speaker Mike Johnson expresses hope for voluntary AI guardrails amid congressional inaction, ahead of a meeting with AI executives and President Trump.
The article covers partisan conflicts in Washington D.C. over AI regulation, focusing on legislative battles around data center energy costs and broader efforts to address AI's societal impacts amid growing public concern.
Congress passed legislation defining 'foreign adversary controlled entities' based on Chinese shareholder and executive criteria, receiving strong bipartisan support in both House and Senate.
Senator John Curtis highlights the need for Congress to be informed on AI development and urges public hearings to address related concerns.
Kevin Bass has called on Congress to investigate Anthropic, alleging conflicts of interest between the company, AI safety institutions, and funders that could affect third-party evaluations. The accusations are serious but not yet confirmed.
Lawmakers are scrambling to address AI guardrails as companies like Anthropic, OpenAI, and xAI warn that AI is advancing too fast, but the political window for regulation is closing before elections.
US Representative Mike Johnson opposes an emergency moratorium on AI, urging AI leaders to meet with Congress to balance regulation and innovation, warning that restrictions could allow China to gain an advantage.
A senator emphasizes the need for AI safeguards and congressional action to prevent potential existential risks, while Evan Hubinger discusses the challenges of aligning superintelligence.
A new U.S. House bill proposes an excise tax on AI companies based on token usage or revenue to fund job creation if AI causes mass unemployment, with rates tied to unemployment levels.
The author urges Congress to act on mitigating risks from rogue AI agents while allowing AI safety technology to develop, emphasizing the need for regulatory balance in advancing AI capabilities.
The post indicates that AI hearings in the next Congress are inevitable, with their impact hinging on decisions by company executives in the near future.
Congress has spent roughly $100,580 on ChatGPT across 798 transactions, making OpenAI's tool the dominant AI vendor for House offices, with Anthropic's Claude trailing; staffers use these tools for writing memos, analyzing legislation, and constituent services.
MIT students and postdocs traveled to Washington to advocate for federal science funding, meeting with 62 congressional offices as part of the annual Congressional Visit Days program.
Kara Swisher and former Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo discuss the looming AI job crisis, criticizing Congress for failing to prepare workers and proposing a bipartisan effort to address the impact of AI on employment.
A constituent recounts a conversation with U.S. Representative John Moolenaar about AI risks, where the congressman indicated there is no plan for AI regulation and that the priority is to beat China.
Highlights the role of AI, specifically Claude, in powering congressional oversight efforts in the United States.
Anthropic, OpenAI, the Vatican, and Congress have each published positions on AI governance, agreeing on the need for guardrails but differing on priorities: catastrophic risk, human dignity, national capacity, and implementation respectively.
A US lawmaker has introduced a bill that would require AI companies to report critical incidents to regulators.
Anthropic alleged that Alibaba's Qwen lab used nearly 25,000 fake accounts to run 29 million Claude model exchanges, surpassing all prior distillation campaigns, prompting U.S. senators to consider legislation sanctioning Chinese firms for unauthorized access to AI model outputs.
US Rep. Anna Paulina Luna denies staff used AI to draft bill text after a screenshot showed a Claude reference in an amendment summary, though she admits AI was used for spellcheck.