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AI panic sparks rare bipartisan moment on Capitol Hill
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Lawmakers who want to regulate AI are doing something unusual as Congress barrels towards a lengthy recess with no tangible solution in sight: They're working across the aisle.
Key facts
- Bipartisanship is increasingly elusive on Capitol Hill of late, but it remains a crucial first step for action in a Senate that requires 60 votes to pass most legislation
- House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) has sounded a considerably more dire note on the issue
- The doomsday warnings have also breathed new life into existing bipartisan proposals to mitigate the dangers of AI
- Lawmakers who want to regulate AI are doing something unusual as Congress barrels towards a lengthy recess with no tangible solution in sight: They're working across the aisle
Summary
Bipartisanship is increasingly elusive on Capitol Hill of late, but it remains a crucial first step for action in a Senate that requires 60 votes to pass most legislation. The latest example: Sens. "Recent incidents of rogue AI agent swarms hacking into public websites and systems have removed lingering doubts concerning the ability of these agents to wreak havoc on our cyber infrastructure," the pair wrote in a letter first obtained by Axios. "Congress cannot delay legislating to address frontier AI risks much longer.