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Bipartisan Senate draft would create federal frontier-AI safety duties

Bipartisan Senate draft would create federal frontier-AI safety duties

Senators Thune, Cruz, and Klobuchar are pursuing a reported draft that would replace voluntary frontier-AI safety pledges with a legal duty of care, national-lab testing, and possible government intervention against unsafe releases. The proposal has not been introduced, and its committee jurisdiction, liability rules, due-process protections, and industry response remain unsettled.

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Updated Sep 14, 2026