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The Hill
AI advocacy group launches state-level policy push
Americans for Responsible Innovation (ARI), a nonprofit pushing for stronger AI guardrails, launched a new state-level initiative Thursday focused on advocating for AI policy across all 50 states.
Semafor
Left-right coalition seeks release of White House AI framework
More than two dozen organizations from both the left and right are urging the White House to publicly release its voluntary AI security framework, per a letter shared first with Semafor.
Politico
Americans love AI. They don’t want the data centers that power it.
The disconnect is becoming a political problem for Trump and politicians in both parties as voters embrace AI tools while revolting against the infrastructure needed to power them.
Washington Post
Exclusive | Americans for Responsible Innovation’s AI framework
Exclusive: Nonprofit advocacy group Americans for Responsible Innovation (ARI) is dropping its own AI governance framework.
Washington Post
Exclusive | AI policy groups call for OpenAI investigation
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.
Spectrum News
Exclusive: New national poll finds voters favor guardrails on data centers
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.
The Verge
Lawmakers prepare bill requiring AI ‘kill switch’
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.
The Politics Guys
Who Controls AI—and Who Pays When It Goes Wrong?
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 Hill
Over 200 state lawmakers urge Congress to oppose AI preemption in House proposal
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.