Sen. Adam Schiff on AI regulation, free speech, and impeaching Trump one more time

Sen. Adam Schiff says voluntary AI pledges are insufficient and backs a dedicated regulator.

In a Decoder interview, California Senator Adam Schiff criticized a non-binding White House pledge in which AI executives agreed to evaluate their own systems. He called advanced and recursive models, Pentagon use of AI, and possible involvement in target selection national-security concerns, and said the administration pressured Anthropic after it opposed domestic mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons. Schiff supports a new agency to regulate AI and noted that the Supreme Court's Loper Bright decision, which ended Chevron deference, could tie new rules up in litigation. He also compared prospects for AI regulation with the record on social media.