OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is meeting with White House officials and lawmakers like Sen. Bernie Sanders and Speaker Mike Johnson to discuss AI policy. The talks follow a new executive order from President Trump. Sanders is proposing a sovereign wealth fund financed by AI company equity, while OpenAI is pushing a state-level regulation strategy amid concerns over powerful new models and potential "recursive self-improvement."
Altman meetings on AI policy
- ▪Sam Altman is also planning to attend the G7 summit this month
- ▪OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is scheduled to meet with White House officials and lawmakers on Wednesday to discuss AI policy
- ▪Sam Altman's meetings include Sen. Bernie Sanders, House Speaker Mike Johnson, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries
- ▪House Speaker Mike Johnson plans to discuss a potential bipartisan bill for regulating AI companies with Sam Altman
Sanders sovereign wealth fund proposal
- ▪Sen. Bernie Sanders is meeting with Sam Altman to discuss a proposal to use half the equity from AI frontier labs to fund a U.S. sovereign wealth fund
- ▪Sen. Bernie Sanders has also flagged the concern of a "runaway AI model that threatens all humanity."
State-level AI regulation strategy
- ▪According to people familiar with the matter, OpenAI has been preparing its own policy framework
- ▪OpenAI is pushing a state-level regulation strategy to create a de facto national regulatory framework through uniform legislation in key states
Anthropic Mythos model concerns
- ▪Anthropic’s Mythos AI model, which has advanced cybersecurity capabilities, has caused concern among policymakers and in the tech industry
- ▪Policymakers are worried about AI labs approaching "recursive self-improvement," where models are capable of improving themselves
- ▪Critics have described AI development as the "most dangerous arms race in history," warning of serious financial and geopolitical risks
- ▪Anthropic is deliberately delaying the release of its Mythos model to give stakeholders time to adjust to its capabilities
Trump AI executive order
- ▪The executive order asks AI companies to give 30 days’ notice before releasing new, powerful models
- ▪President Donald Trump's recent executive order on AI establishes a voluntary framework to evaluate the national security risk of advanced models
- ▪President Trump's order was issued one week after he canceled a stricter version, which he believed would weaken the U.S. in its competition with China
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