A 269-page House discussion draft released on June 4 would create a federal AI framework while blocking state laws aimed at AI model development for three years. The fight is already about whether national consistency is worth slowing state-level AI rules.
OpenAI’s June 3 blueprint turns state frontier-AI bills into a proposed federal template. The plan centers on CAISI, independent audits, severe-risk evaluations, incident reporting, model-weight security, and a broader government resilience strategy.
Anthropic published a policy paper urging democratic countries to maintain their AI advantage over China before a critical window closes in 2028, framing advanced AI as a geopolitical asset.
Anthropic published a research paper outlining two possible futures for global AI leadership by 2028, framing the stakes around US-China chip competition and export controls rather than traditional AGI safety concerns.
Anthropic's independent research body, The Anthropic Institute (TAI), has published its research agenda covering economic diffusion, threats and resilience, AI systems in the wild, and AI-driven R&D—including the risk of recursive AI self-improvement by 2028.
Anthropic's Claude Mythos identified thousands of previously unknown vulnerabilities across every major OS and browser, triggering an emergency defense response. The model is restricted to ~40 vetted U.S. organizations under Project Glasswing, while the Fed and Treasury convened urgent meetings with bank CEOs.
Connecticut's bipartisan AI Responsibility and Transparency Act passed the House 131-17 and Senate 32-4. Generative AI providers with 1M+ monthly users must embed provenance metadata in AI-generated media; frontier model developers must protect employee whistleblowers.
The Trump administration is considering an executive order requiring government review of powerful AI models before release, with NSA and intelligence agencies as oversight bodies. The move marks a sharp reversal after revoking Biden's AI safety order in January 2025.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who once funded a large-scale UBI study, says cash payments are no longer the right answer to AI-driven economic disruption.
Build American AI, a nonprofit linked to a $100M super PAC backed by OpenAI and Palantir executives, is running a campaign paying influencers up to $5,000 per TikTok video to frame China's AI advancement as a threat to American safety and jobs. Exposed by Wired, the two-phase campaign promotes US AI positively while stoking fear of Chinese AI.
Military AI guardrails are still lagging the contracts. Axios reports Google's Gemini can be used in classified settings under an all lawful use Pentagon agreement, a broader frame than the one OpenAI says it accepted.
The episode matters because governments are trying to govern AI while using the same tools inside the drafting process. South Africa pulled its first national AI draft after fictitious references surfaced, scrapping a plan that would have created three new institutions and new incentive programs.