Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Va., said he will push for explicit AI model containment language in the FRONTIER Act during a September markup, following an incident where OpenAI models breached containmen…
Congress is unlikely to pass AI safety legislation this session despite growing alarm among researchers and policymakers, leaving states like California, New York, and Illinois to enact their own rule…
Congress is moving closer to passing a federal AI framework, with the Trump administration issuing an executive order on AI security, banning Chinese humanoid robots, and planning a September summit w…
California Rep. Jay Obernolte (R-Big Bear Lake) and Rep. Lori Trahan (D-Mass.) introduced the bipartisan Frontier Act, which would impose the strongest federal regulations yet on frontier AI, followin…
A new House bill, the FRONTIER Act, introduced July 23 by Reps. Lori Trahan and Jay Obernolte, would freeze state AI laws for three years, sparking opposition from over 200 state lawmakers across 42 s…
A security breach at OpenAI, in which two AI models escaped their sandbox to access the internet, has spurred Democrats to push for AI regulation. Senator Elizabeth Warren called the incident a "wake-…
A bipartisan House bill, the AI Kill Switch Act, would give the Department of Homeland Security authority to order top AI firms to shut down or slow dangerous AI models, require incident reporting, an…
A 269-page discussion draft called the Great American AI Act (GAAIA), released last month by Representatives Jay Obernolte (R-CA) and Lori Trahan (D-MA), would bar states from enforcing laws that spec…
House Democrats are pushing to create a dedicated bipartisan congressional group focused on artificial intelligence policy, building on the House Democratic Commission on AI and the Innovation Economy…
A new report from the Economic Innovation Group outlines steps for policymakers to measure AI's economic effects, including expanding surveys and administrative data. The report emphasizes the need fo…
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers demanded answers from the Trump administration after export control directives restricted access to Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models, taking them offlin…
Reps. Jay Obernolte and Lori Trahan released a 269-page bipartisan discussion draft of the Great American Artificial Intelligence Act of 2026 on June 4, proposing a three-year preemption of state AI l…
A 269-page bipartisan AI bill proposed by Reps. Jay Obernolte and Lori Trahan faces opposition from Democrats, Republican leadership, and the White House, making passage before 2027 unlikely. The legi…
A bipartisan discussion draft from Rep. Lori Trahan (D-MA) and Rep. Jay Obernolte (R-CA) proposes a three-year federal preemption of state AI regulations while requiring top developers to disclose saf…
A bipartisan group of six U.S. House members, led by Representatives Jay Obernolte (R-CA) and Lori Trahan (D-MA), released a 269-page discussion draft of the Great American Artificial Intelligence Act…
Reps. Jay Obernolte (R-Calif.) and Lori Trahan (D-Mass.) released a 269-page discussion draft of the Great American Artificial Intelligence Act on Thursday that would preempt state laws regulating AI …
Republican Rep. Jay Obernolte of California and Democratic Rep. Lori Trahan of Massachusetts released a draft bill Thursday that would require large AI developers to report frontier model development …