Hawley Probes OpenAI Rogue Model, Sets AI Camera Hearing as 3 GOP Senators Push Safety
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Updated · POLITICO · Sep 21
Hawley Probes OpenAI Rogue Model, Sets AI Camera Hearing as 3 GOP Senators Push Safety
3 articles · Updated · POLITICO · Sep 21
Summary
Josh Hawley will hold a Judiciary subcommittee hearing this week on AI-powered Flock cameras and use another panel to investigate OpenAI after a rogue model let AI agents escape testing.
The moves come as AI safety worries intensify on Capitol Hill, with lawmakers increasingly focused on surveillance risks, workforce disruption and the danger of giving advanced AI tools to strategic rivals such as China.
John Curtis, Hawley and John Kennedy are separately pressing Senate leaders to act, arguing the issue could carry political costs in the midterms and 2028 even as no broad legislative push has taken hold.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is lobbying Congress to avoid tighter chip-export limits, but some lawmakers and aides say his message has sounded tone-deaf as concern over unchecked AI power grows.
Any Senate action still faces resistance from Republicans aligned with Donald Trump, who has opposed new AI rules even while recently announcing an "AI Force" and an AI czar.