Elon Musk posted on X on Sunday urging users to adopt President Donald Trump's rebranding of artificial intelligence as "super intelligence," writing, "No more AI. SI. It's better." The post followed …
Reps. Sam Liccardo (D-Silicon Valley) and Kevin Kiley (R-Calif.) are proposing a bipartisan framework to create structured channels for US government officials and AI experts to engage with Chinese co…
Prospective 2028 presidential candidates are increasingly shaping their early campaigns around artificial intelligence, with Democratic hopefuls promoting more A.I. safeguards amid rising concerns abo…
President Donald Trump announced Saturday he is forming an "AI Force," compared to the Space Force created in his first term, and will soon appoint an AI "czar," according to statements he posted on T…
A Politico survey of over 2,000 US adults found that 62 percent would stop an AI buildout if they saw signs it could destroy humanity, including 55 percent of Republicans, 66 percent of Democrats, and…
Longtime Trump pollster Tony Fabrizio advised Republican candidates in a two-page messaging memo obtained by Axios to avoid "unqualified support" for AI data centers, warning that "unqualified support…
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) blocked a Senate floor request from Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) on Wednesday to pass legislation requiring tech companies to develop a "kill switch" for superintelligent AI. Paul …
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) canceled the House's final legislative day of votes before the November midterm elections, a move that ensures the chamber will not act on artificial intelligence saf…
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said Tuesday that President Trump is wrong to call the threat posed by artificial intelligence a "hoax," telling reporters at the Capitol, "Come on, it's not a hoax. It's a r…
Congress has failed to advance artificial intelligence regulation despite two years of proposals from Democrats and Republicans and calls for action from some in Silicon Valley, according to the New Y…
Shakeel Hashim argues in The Guardian that the US government is failing Americans on AI, writing that Donald Trump and Republican leadership want companies to regulate themselves, which Hashim calls a…
President Trump's longtime pollster is giving Republican candidates a detailed playbook for countering Democratic attacks over AI data centers, Axios reported. Republican strategists say GOP candidate…
Trump pollster Tony Fabrizio advised Republican candidates in a two-page memo sent Monday that "unqualified support for building more AI data centers is a losing position," urging them to back AI infr…
Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) publicly criticized President Donald Trump's approach to artificial intelligence at the "Pro-Human Assembly 2026" on Tuesday, arguing for a democratic approach to managing AI. The…
Donald Trump attacked calls from AI scientists and executives for a slowdown in AI development, posting on Truth Social that the only oversight AI needs is a "STRONG AND SMART PRESIDENT" and calling w…
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said Monday that any AI regulation Congress passes must have a "light touch" to avoid stifling innovation, and he characterized recent warnings that superint…
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is making AI safety a top Democratic priority, calling for urgent congressional action during an appearance on ABC's "This Week" on September 13, 2026, after form…
President Donald Trump said on Truth Social that the only "control or 'guardrails' that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT," dismissing calls for greater checks on AI development as a…
Former President Barack Obama is urging Democrats to make artificial intelligence regulation one of their "central agendas" in this year's elections, according to a New York Times report, but the Wash…
Democratic Rep. Greg Stanton (Ariz.) called on Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to keep lawmakers in Washington to address the risks of rapidly advancing artificial intelligence models, saying "We should …