# Thune: Legislation to regulate AI needs to have a ‘light touch’

> Source: <https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/6088903-john-thune-artificial-intelligence-legislation/>
> Published: 2026-09-14 20:08:10+00:00

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on Monday said any legislation Congress passes to regulate AI must have a “light touch” so as not to stifle innovation and tempered recent warnings that superintelligent AI could exterminate humanity as a “worst-case scenario.” “It needs to strike a balance, light touch. You don’t want to stifle innovation…