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An AI threat looms, and we are not prepared
AI companies warn that advanced systems could outpace safeguards as federal policy moves to weaken state rules and leave crisis response unprepared.
- On March 20, the Trump administration released a national AI policy framework calling for 'accelerating deployment of AI applications across sectors' and urging Congress to 'preempt state AI laws'.
- In a 2023 letter, leaders of OpenAI, Google Deepmind, and Anthropic declared mitigating AI extinction risk a global priority alongside pandemics and nuclear war.
- The administration rescinded the Biden AI governance framework and proposed cutting the National Institute of Standards and Technology budget by more than 40%, despite cyberattacks leveraging AI agents to execute 80% to 90% of operations independently.
- California's Senate Bill 53 and New York's RAISE Act currently offer the strongest state-level protections, yet no federal agency holds authority to intervene when AI catastrophes occur.
- Duke University student and OpenPolicy founder Juhyun Nam warns policy infrastructure is 'nowhere near ready,' urging Congress to stop preempting state AI safety laws and build federal crisis frameworks instead.
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