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\u201cIt\u2019s very concerning,\u201d Wiener said, citing the report as evidence that we are quickly running out of time to regulate AI. \u201cIt was my hope that Congress would take decisive action before [the end of] this year,\u201d he said. \u201cThat does not appear to be happening.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wiener has been increasingly focused on AI in recent years, and he\u2019s made many of the AI safety movement\u2019s concerns his own: During our 20-minute conversation, he used the phrase \u201crecursive self-improvement\u201d half a dozen times, for example.\u201cWe need to slow this down,\u201d he says. \u201cBecause it\u2019s moving very quickly, and we could sleepwalk into a disaster.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wiener has already had real influence on AI policy. SB 1047, a bill that he authored in 2024, was set to become the first real piece of frontier AI legislation in the country before it was vetoed by California governor Gavin Newsom; he then sponsored SB 53, a lighter-touch bill that Newsom signed. Both bills have inspired proposed federal legislation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Wiener\u2019s congressional campaign received over $3 million from Public First Action, a nonprofit in favor of AI regulation that receives substantial funding from Anthropic. That contribution led opponents to criticize him for being too close to the AI industry, but Wiener says that couldn\u2019t be further from the truth.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cPublic First supported me because I was the first lawmaker in the country to introduce AI regulation and the first to pass it and get it implemented,\u201d he wrote in a message after our interview. \u201cThe attacks on me for [Public First\u2019s] support were shockingly cynical\u2014literally attacking a candidate who actually regulated AI over Big Tech\u2019s objection and falsely claiming the candidate is somehow too close to Big Tech.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wiener says that if Congress forms a select committee on artificial intelligence\u2014something that Democrats have discussed since September\u2014he\u2019d be eager to serve. And he\u2019s enthusiastic about many of the policy ideas floating around Congress. \u201cI think it\u2019s really important to have a strong, empowered, nimble federal regulator,\u201d he says, noting that Representative Ro Khanna, a fellow Democrat from California, has proposed legislation to establish such a regulator.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He also highlights the importance of whistleblower protections, testing and auditing requirements, and a kill switch requirement, and he wants to see Congress leverage its oversight powers to hold the AI labs to account. \u201cThis is about the future of humanity, and we want to make sure that the public has a say and that the public knows what’s going on,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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