AI policy
AI policy is the set of laws, regulations, standards and government strategies that guide how artificial intelligence systems are developed, deployed and overseen, covering areas such as safety, privacy, competition and accountability.
- TYPE
- Topic
- SIGNALS
- 15
- FIRST SEEN
- Sep 16, 2026
- LAST SEEN
- Oct 27, 2026
Recent signals
- Analysis: AI political groups have spent $78.5M on US federal candidates during the 2026 cycle; AI accelerationists spent $34M and safeguard-focused groups $39M (Luke Fountain/CNBC) Oct 27, 2026
- Lawmakers and Hill staffers in both parties say AI leaders are becoming a political liability as they swing between claims of prosperity and existential dangers (Maria Curi/Axios) Oct 25, 2026
- The White House's AI task force begins its 120-day window to evaluate AI, including producing a risk report, implementing the White House Accord on SI, and more (Ashley Gold/Semafor) Oct 15, 2026
- Anthropic is setting up a "presidential engagement" program for the 2028 US elections that will offer AI policy education to candidates in both parties (Emily Forlini/Fortune) Oct 9, 2026
- Anthropic changes usage policy to ban model abuse and election interference Oct 8, 2026
- Sources: AI czar Jay Clayton to chair the WH's AI task force, called "Super Intelligence Force", to pen a report on AI's risks and opportunities within 120 days (Alex Leary/Wall Street Journal) Oct 3, 2026
- OpenAI and Anthropic-aligned super PACs have spent $55.7M on the US midterms so far; of 95 ads, all avoided reference to data centers and only some mentioned AI (New York Times) Sep 30, 2026
- President Trump says Scott Bessent is not "going to be Super Intelligence (SI) Czar", because "he doesn't want to" and Trump wants to keep him at the Treasury (Dan Mangan/CNBC) Sep 25, 2026
- At a White House summit, Xi Jinping says the US and China share the "capability and responsibility" to manage AI for good and calls for healthy competition (Abigail Hauslohner/Financial Times) Sep 24, 2026
- Sources: Scott Bessent is emerging as a frontrunner for the AI czar position; other names include WH OSTP Director Michael Kratsios and OPM Director Scott Kupor (Semafor) Sep 22, 2026
- China, US Discuss AI, Investment as Trade Talks Continue Sep 21, 2026
- Scott Bessent says the US proposed an AI incident notification mechanism to China, and both sides agreed to set up an AI dialogue ahead of the Trump-Xi summit (Demetri Sevastopulo/Financial Times) Sep 20, 2026
- Trump says he will appoint an AI czar and form an "AI Force", in a Truth Social post that rejects AI safety concerns as a "hoax" (María Paula Mijares Torres/Bloomberg) Sep 19, 2026
- AI PACs Have Dumped Nearly $1 Million Into an Obscure Senate Race Sep 18, 2026
- Survey: 42% of US voters trust the GOP and 40% trust Democrats to handle AI, 61% oppose new data center construction, and <1% say AI is their top midterm issue (New York Times) Sep 16, 2026