Congress Pursues AI Legislation with Competing Republican and Democratic Tracks

Congress is actively pursuing AI legislation with competing Republican (preemption-focused) and Democratic (testing, disclosure, worker protections) tracks. The FTC is also moving on preemption via comment period. A new AI Kill Switch Act has been introduced after the OpenAI 'rogue model' incident, giving DHS graduated response authority. This is a major policy area with implications for regulation, innovation, and federal-state dynamics.