Jason Zachary on AI labs should conduct risk assessments…

Jason Zachary

Tennessee state representative for District 14 and Deputy Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives.

This bill requires a large frontier developer to implement and clearly publish on its website a public safety plan that describes in detail how the large frontier developer defines and assesses thresholds used by the developer to determine whether a frontier model has capabilities that could pose a catastrophic risk. [...] Reviews assessments of catastrophic risk as part of the decision to deploy a frontier model or use it internally.

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Rep. Jason Zachary, Tennessee HB 1898, Artificial Intelligence Public Safety and Child Protection Transparency Act, introduced bill text, filed January 22, 2026, § 68-107-103(a)(1)(A), (C). The Tennessee General Assembly identifies Zachary as the House sponsor and records the filing date; its bill summary reproduces the frontier-developer assessment and internal-use requirements.

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AI labs should conduct risk assessments before high-stakes internal deployment of frontier models

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AI Verified It requires large frontier developers to assess catastrophic-risk thresholds and review assessments when deciding deployment or internal use; catastrophic risk supplies the high-stakes condition. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1mo ago

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AI Verified Correct answer: for. The bill requires frontier-model catastrophic-risk assessments before deployment or internal use. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1mo ago

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AI Verified Tennessee General Assembly HB1898 page identifies Zachary as sponsor, records Jan. 22 filing, and reproduces the quoted frontier-model risk-assessment and internal-use requirements. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1mo ago

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