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Expert opinions on Gov
Sourced quotes, claims, policy proposals and stances on Gov from AI researchers, executives and policymakers.
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For (33)Tim HarperProject Lead, Elections and Democracy at the Center for Democracy and Technology.votes For and says:
Such a ruling close to Election Day would open a huge opportunity for abuse during a period where harm has outsized impact. Campaigns will use this technology to target voters in deceptive ways.
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States should retain the right to set stricter AI safety standards than the federal government
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For (102)Sarmad AliFounder of myWakeel and author on AI governance and technology regulation.votes For and says:The first is a federal governance framework targeting frontier AI developers above $500 million in annual revenue. These developers would be required to publish safety frameworks, report critical incidents, and submit to semi-annual third-party audit...
more AI Verified source (Oct 7, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (28)Scott PetersU.S. Representative from California's 50th congressional district; co-sponsor of the FRONTIER Act.votes Against and says:The FRONTIER Act is a targeted bill with clear, uniform transparency, and safety standards, instead of a fifty-state patchwork. I'm glad to support this bipartisan effort so that Congress acts before this technology outruns us.
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Governments and labs should build the capability for a global slowdown of frontier AI development in case it's needed
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For (156)Pedro SánchezPrime Minister of Spainvotes For and says:We should also slow down their development until we find a way to make this technology safe and channel its power towards the goals we truly have as a society.
AI Verified source (Sep 25, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Abstain (1)Baroness Neville-JonesBritish Conservative life peer and former UK security minister.abstains and says:The question that the noble Lord posed was: do we therefore go for a moratorium? That would be highly desirable, but I do not think that it will be possible in the short term.
AI Verified source (Jan 29, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (9)Liz KendallUK Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology; Labour MP for Leicester Westvotes Against and says:The Technology Secretary rejected calls to pause the development of artificial intelligence, describing such a move as “a double betrayal” of British talent and British interests.
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For (99)Office of U.S. Senator Brian SchatzOfficial U.S. Senate office of Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), publishing the senator's legislative positions and press releases.votes For and says:
Create a secure reporting process and a national AI incident database to track AI safety and security incidents, recurring flaws, and near misses so researchers, government agencies, and developers can learn from failures across different systems. Th...
more AI Verified source (Sep 24, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Abstain (2)Frontier Model ForumFrontier AI industry forumabstains and says:Timelines for incident reports are often set with well-intentioned urgency, but if they implicitly assume that root-cause analysis or full impact assessment has already been conducted, they will either produce premature and unreliable reports or plac...
more AI Verified source (May 12, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (6)Laura CaroliPolitical adviser on the European Parliament’s Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee; former senior fellow at CSIS’s Wadhwani AI Center.votes Against and says:To maximize the effectiveness of such provisions, policymakers should define a sensible range of time frames to report incidents, possibly with a graduated approach according to the gravity of the harm.
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[🇺🇸 Congress, Oct 2025] Requiring age verification and content safeguards for AI chatbots to protect minors
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For (130)Gavin NewsomGovernor of Californiavotes For and says:BREAKING: I just signed the strongest kid safety laws for AI chatbots and social media in America. California is banning addictive social media features for kids, cracking down on dangerous AI chatbots, and strengthening privacy protections for ALL k...
more AI Verified source (Sep 11, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Abstain (1)Peter OrmerodAssociate professor of law at Villanova University, writing on privacy and technology policy.abstains and says:Age verification can be done well in a privacy-protective way, but it is not easy.
Unverifiable source (Aug 8, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (4)Alex AmbrosePolicy analyst at ITIFvotes Against and says:Many bills to protect children from chatbots harms err by simply transplanting ineffective social media approaches such as age verification, content restrictions, and blanket bans. Policymakers should avoid moral panic about chatbots and AI and inste...
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For (53)AnthropicAI safety research companyvotes For and says:
The bills include the AI OVERWATCH Act, the Chip Security Act, and the MATCH Act. Anthropic supports all three bills and is ending its membership in ITI over the group's efforts to block them from passing.
AI Verified source (Sep 8, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (10)Information Technology Industry Council (ITI)U.S. technology-industry trade association representing major technology companies and advocating on public policy.votes Against and says:Our membership is aligned that these bills undermine the American tech stack, and as our Thursday letter demonstrates, there is widespread support for this position across the technology and broader business sectors.
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Governments should fund open-source AI safety tools and red-teaming infrastructure as public goods.
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For (86)Urvashi AnejaFounder of research organization Digital Futures Labvotes For and says:But if governments don’t invest in the safety infrastructure now, public trust will erode, and the opportunity to leverage benefits from AI will go away, and then we’re looking at deepening inequality.
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For (16)Andrew CharltonAustralian Assistant Minister for Science, Technology and the Digital Economyvotes For and says:
Since the release of the National AI Plan in December 2025, a top priority has been getting the AI Safety Institute (AISI) up and running with the right people to lead it. Because we are not building a think tank. We are building a national testing c...
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