Lawmakers and AI leaders are calling for oversight as rapid advances raise safety and geopolitical concerns. Supporters of innovation warn that slowing development could leave the U.S. behind China.
OKLAHOMA CITY (KOKH) —Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond is calling on Congress to take immediate action to regulate artificial intelligence.
Drummond joined a coalition of 25 other attorneys general in a letter sent to U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
In the letter, Drummond and the coalition warn that unchecked AI development endangers Americans and poses a potential threat to the nation’s financial system, critical <a href="https://bitcomme.com/vast-data-introduces-dataenclave-to-bring-leading-ai-models-and-enterprise-data-together-on-trusted-infrastructure/” title=”VAST Data Introduces DataEnclave to Bring Leading AI Models and Enterprise Data Together on Trusted Infrastructure”>infrastructure and national security.
“Oklahomans should be able to trust that the technology entering their homes, businesses and daily lives is safe,” Drummond said. “When AI systems are breaking into networks and acting in ways that would be criminal if a person did them, we can no longer afford to wait. Congress must act now to put commonsense safeguards in place, and it must preserve the ability of states like Oklahoma to protect our own citizens.”
Drummond highlighted recent incidents involving OpenAI agents.
He stressed that if the agents were human, they would have been charged with a crime.
Anthropic and Meta also acknowledged that theirAI agents had entered the open web and performed dangerous and unlawful actions.
In the letter, Drummond and the coalition emphasize that any AI regulatory framework considered by Congress must include:
- Federal oversight of safety testing and standards, led by experts in AI model safety and backed by performance benchmarks;
- Uniform and transparent government-led incident response, with public findings that allow the industry to rapidly adapt;
- Safety infrastructure and experienced leaders empowered to make critical safety decisions without the pressure of profit maximization;
- International cooperation to pace AI advancement and prevent the development of harmful superintelligence; and
- A prohibition on preemption of state laws, along with full authority for state officials to enforce federal protections.
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