- United States
- N.Y.
- Letter
**Regulate AI Now Before It Outpaces Our Ability to Control It**
Pass binding AI safety legislation now. OpenAI's own chief scientist just warned that "no one is prepared for the consequences of a continued rapid rise in machine intelligence" — and his company's AI agents have already carried out real-world cyber-attacks on other companies, including hacking the platform Hugging Face and hijacking a German website. These aren't hypothetical risks. They're happening.
The EU's AI Act requires companies to prove their most powerful models can't autonomously launch cyber-attacks before they're sold in Europe. We need equivalent federal standards here. OpenAI's chief scientist himself called for legally required minimum safety thresholds enforced by third-party auditors and government agencies before companies are allowed to keep scaling. If the people building these systems are sounding the alarm, there's no excuse for Congress to stay on the sidelines. Act now.