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Senators, industry leaders press U.S. to ‘win’ AI race with light-touch rules, standards and export clarity
Summary
At a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation hearing, lawmakers and AI industry leaders urged policies that protect U.S. leadership—favoring fast deployment, standards coordination and calibrated export controls over heavy pre‑approval regulation.
Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee members and four leading AI executives said at a committee hearing that the United States must preserve a competitive edge in artificial intelligence through rapid innovation, broad adoption and clearer export rules.
The witnesses—Sam Altman, cofounder and CEO of OpenAI; Lisa Su, chair and CEO of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD); Michael Entrader, CEO and cofounder of CoreWeave; and Brad Smith, vice chair and president of Microsoft—told senators that compute, chips, data, energy and talent together determine whether the U.S. keeps its lead.
The discussion matters because senators framed AI as both an economic and national security priority and debated whether U.S. policy should follow a “light touch” approach like the early Internet era or impose stronger pre‑market approvals like some European rules.
Committee chairman Sen. Ted Cruz opened the hearing by urging a light regulatory approach and saying, “America has to beat China in the AI race.” He argued that…
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