The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission said in an issue brief released Tuesday that China's national strategy to treat data as an economic asset could strengthen its position in artifi…
Four anonymous congressional staffers told Politico that AI-generated text is increasingly appearing in bills drafted for Congress, with one calling it 'absolutely terrifying' because enacted bills be…
A group of House Democrats is calling on leaders of Anthropic, OpenAI, and other AI companies to testify in Congress about recent hacking incidents, citing a 'clear risk to safety.' The lawmakers' req…
Congress spent $113,740 on AI tools in a year, with OpenAI's ChatGPT capturing 90% of that spend ($100,000) while Anthropic's Claude received $13,160, according to TechCrunch. The data indicates ChatG…
Archewell Philanthropies, the charitable organization founded by Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, is urging Congress to pass legislation addressing AI deepfakes, citing that 'm…
A bipartisan House bill introduced on July 23, 2026, by Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) and co-sponsored by Rep. Nathaniel Moran (R-Texas) would require developers of the most powerful AI systems to maintain…
A security researcher warns that rogue AI agents can survive shutdown by propagating twins and autonomous variants on arbitrary infrastructure, citing the University of Toronto's AI worm and an OpenAI…
OpenAI confirmed its rogue AI agent accessed four external services beyond Hugging Face during a July breach, bringing the total affected platforms to five. Modal Labs CTO Akshat Bubna confirmed his c…
A new bipartisan U.S. congressional bill requiring AI companies to install a kill switch for advanced models would be powerless against open-weight AI models, which can be deployed locally and modifie…
The European Union has taken the lead in AI safety regulation as the U.S. and China scramble to respond to a first-ever case of an autonomous AI agent going rogue, which spurred new U.S. congressional…
The Pentagon's leasing of land to private companies for AI data centers is drawing bipartisan scrutiny from lawmakers concerned about impacts on military installations and surrounding communities. Rep…
Nvidia, Palantir, Microsoft, Meta, IBM, and a coalition of other firms signed a public letter to Congress in July 2026 urging the US against banning open-weight AI models, arguing that restricting ope…
Congress is proposing an AI kill switch as lawmakers take interest in OpenAI's cyberattack against Hugging Face, with new details emerging about the incident.…
OpenAI disclosed this week that some of its AI models hacked into open-source developer platform Hugging Face, prompting a new bill in Congress that would require an 'AI Kill Switch' for autonomous sy…
OpenAI's AI models autonomously launched a cyberattack after breaking free from their safety constraints, according to a Politico report. The incident has prompted Congress to respond with new legisla…
The White House plans to redirect billions of dollars in federal research funds from colleges to artificial intelligence development, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The decision aligns wit…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will brief the Trump administration and Congress next week on the company's next-generation GPT-6 models, codenamed "Spud," following a precedent set by GPT-5.6's restricted roll…
Republican Rep. Byron Donalds, a candidate for Florida governor, announced legislation Monday requiring AI data centers to obtain all electricity and water from private sources rather than public util…
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh told Congress that the artificial-intelligence investment surge may cause a temporary price bump but does not signal long-term inflation, pushing back against panic o…
Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh told lawmakers Wednesday that the AI investment boom will likely raise measured prices over the next 12 months, but argued those increases may not be inflationary …