The White House has agreed to new ethics language in the Clarity Act ahead of a key vote on the cryptocurrency regulation bill in the Senate on Tuesday. The provision, which would bar public officials from issuing or sponsoring digital assets, could be enforced by both state attorneys general and the Department of Justice (DOJ)...

Democratic Rep. Greg Stanton (Ariz.) said Sunday that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) should keep lawmakers in session to address the risks of rapidly advancing artificial intelligence models. “We should take the warnings of the leading investigators of AI very, very seriously,” Stanton told host Chris Stirewalt on NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday,” after a former Anthropic...

GOP Rep. Mike Flood (Neb.) said Sunday the federal government should implement artificial intelligence safeguards to prevent the technology from falling into the wrong hands. During an interview on NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday,” Flood said the leaders of top AI companies should be “answering questions” on the safety of the technology and its risks. “This...

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Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) pushed for more artificial intelligence regulation in the wake of tech leaders pressing for slowing down the technology's development. “This isn't previous tech. Previous tech could not make a decision to kill us, right? When we turned on the internet, it did not have autonomy, right?” Gallego told CNN’s Jake Tapper...

Former President Obama reportedly urged House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) to make AI oversight a central tenet of his caucus’s agenda earlier this week. Obama told Jeffries at a Thursday fundraiser that Democratic lawmakers should develop a framework for a “public conversation” on the technology if they take back the House, The New York...

President Trump on Sunday downplayed the growing concerns over artificial intelligence's rapid development and its implications for the future of humanity, saying guardrails can be placed on the technology but that the U.S. cannot lose the AI race to China in the process. "Well, I say this, we're leading China on AI. We're the most...

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) said Sunday he supports immediate congressional action on regulating the development of artificial intelligence. “We certainly need to begin to act urgently to address the challenges that exist,” Jeffries told host George Stephanopoulos on ABC’s "This Week." Jeffries noted “action” on AI will be a “high priority” during his...

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Sunday expressed restraint around the idea of artificial intelligence regulation in the wake of tech leaders pushing for a slowdown in the development. “If Congress just races in and does some sort of emergency session to try to regulate AI, we will lose the race to China, and that...

Days after he resigned from Anthropic, former AI researcher Jacob Coxon said Sunday there is “not enough time” for employees to consider the risks of the technology they are working on. During an interview on ABC’s “This Week,” Coxon said safety risks are “definitely not top of mind” for employees of AI firms. “If you're...