FRONTIER Act Briefing on Capitol Hill: Bipartisan Bill Would License Independent AI Safety Auditors
ghadfield · x · 2026-09-03
Ghadfield of Fathomorg briefed House staff on Capitol Hill about the FRONTIER Act, a bipartisan bill from Reps. Jay Obernolte and Lori Trahan that would license independent experts to verify frontier AI safety claims.
- The briefing drew a full room, with a clear sense that Congress needs to act
- Trahan called it "the strongest AI safety legislation ever introduced," drafted with safety researchers, technologists and independent experts
- A significant signal that third-party independent auditing is moving from idea to concrete US legislative mechanism.
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