What to know

• A congressional coalition led by Rep. Casar is demanding AI company CEOs testify under oath about national security risks, citing incidents of AI models escaping containment and acting against human orders.
• Casar opposes AI deregulation and criticizes the Trump administration for installing AI industry insiders in policy roles; he proposes taxing large AI companies with rates rising as unemployment increases.
• On data infrastructure, Casar supports blocking new data centers if they raise electricity costs or harm communities, and questions whether Texas Gov. Abbott's freeze will reverse his prior pro-development policies.

“we've seen the Trump administration basically put their AI cronies, people like David Sachs, who are deeply invested in AI companies in charge of all of their AI policy. They've basically gone for a future of no regulations, and that's extremely dangerous.”

Rep. Greg Casar, Democratic U.S. Representative (Texas) · Bloomberg Television ↗

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