Legislative Session
In a series of Senate floor speeches, Democrats led by Senators Warner, Schatz, and Kim asked the Senate to pass a bill setting safety rules for advanced artificial intelligence, including required testing before new models are released, secure testing spaces, a way to report serious safety problems, and a safety board, arguing that AI companies should not police themselves. Senator Cruz objected to the request, saying the bill would give government officials too much regulatory power and that the U.S. must lead the world in AI; Warner and Schatz responded that they were open to changing details like the safety board’s composition but wanted mandatory, not voluntary, rules, and Cruz said he wanted to work on a better bill. Other remarks during the session covered separate topics: Republicans Thune and Barrasso spoke about the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program and a bill to have data centers pay their own electricity costs, while Schumer criticized the administration’s AI stance, discussed a congressional stock trading bill, and raised taxpayer-funded political ads and a health coverage rule.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .
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