A group of prominent AI policy groups is formally requesting President Donald Trump to open a government investigation into OpenAI’s recent rogue agent hack into digital library Hugging Face. “Given the severity of the incident and the broader vulnerabilities it revealed, we urge the Trump administration to open an investigation, with the support of independent auditors, into what occurred,” says the new letter, which is led by Brad Carson, president of Americans for Responsible Innovation, and Brendan Steinhauser, CEO of the Alliance for Secure AI.

A new national poll on data centers commissioned by Americans for Responsible Innovation finds the majority of participants are concerned about the facilities and want more guardrails surrounding them. The survey of more than 2,200 registered voters was conducted earlier this month by Morning Consult. Seventy-one percent of respondents favor stricter rules or limits on data center construction.

Lawmakers are preparing to introduce an “AI Kill Switch Act” that would require AI companies to shut down or throttle their systems on orders from the Department of Homeland Security, according to a report from Politico. Reps. Ted Lieu (D-CA) and Nathaniel Moran (R-TX) are expected to introduce the legislation on Thursday.

AI is advancing faster than Congress can regulate it—but leaving the industry to police itself carries enormous risks. Mike talks with former congressman and Pentagon official Brad Carson about mandatory safety testing, federal efforts to override state AI laws, liability when AI causes harm, Anthropic’s clash with the government, autonomous weapons, mass surveillance, and why artificial intelligence could upend higher education.

The letter, organized by the non-profits Americans for Responsible Innovation and The Alliance for Secure AI, refers to a measure included in a discussion draft of a national framework on AI being floated by Reps. Jay Obernolte (R-Calif.) and Lori Trahan (D-Mass.) in the House.

Brad Carson: National standards are needed, but not at the expense of the states that are actually acting.

“They have exploded the Overton window,” said Brad Carson, a former Democratic congressman and president of Americans for Responsible Innovation, a nonprofit backed by a faction of tech billionaires that pushes for AI rules. Like others in that camp, Carson argued that the White House’s new, voluntary approach to vetting — a 30-day process through which top AI firms agree to share advanced models with the government in order to identify and address cybersecurity risks — gives momentum to the so-called AI safety movement.

Brad Carson was the Army's General Counsel, served two terms in Congress and was Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness. He now heads Americans for Responsible Innovation, the AI-policy advocacy group he co-founded. Keith Duggar spends roughly eighty minutes pushing back.

ARI President Brad Carson discusses President Trump's recent visit to China for trade negotiations and the threat that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang may pressure the president to commit to additional sales of advanced AI chips.

A majority of Republican voters support policies requiring AI models to undergo independent security testing, according to a new poll released Thursday. The survey, shared first with The Hill from Americans for Responsible Innovation (ARI), found that 71 percent prefer a mandatory testing process, compared with 17 percent who said AI companies should voluntarily test their models for risks.

Faith leaders are calling on lawmakers to pass binding legal safeguards to ensure that humans, not machines, control AI-enabled weapons. Why it matters: A cross-faith coalition is stepping into the debate over how AI will reshape warfare as Congress considers guardrails for military AI.

Brad Carson is president of Americans for Responsible Innovation (ARI) and a former congressman representing Oklahoma.