Ren runs up: the lawmakers shelved the AI safety bill. Granny Ume: drafted in April, after a lab called its model dangerous. Mio asks why wait. Some want the election past, and the committee chairman says next year; he says he does not understand the models. Poko: the bill sleeps.
After an AI lab warned in April that its newest model was too dangerous for the public, two House members drafted a bill to require safety testing of AI models; five months later it and dozens of other AI safety proposals are on ice with no votes in sight, some members wanting to wait past November's midterms, and the committee chairman says no vote until next year while admitting he does not understand how the models work, even as the labs' own leaders ask for more oversight.
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Governments Hop on A.I. While Fearing Its Hazards
The New York Times · Oct 1, 2026
