Congress has a responsibility to enact meaningful AI regulations, but to do so, we need to dramatically increase the base knowledge of Congress. I've worked to bring leading AI experts to Capitol Hill to help my colleagues better understand the technology, but we still have a long way to go – and AI isn’t going to wait for us to catch up.

Amy Acton was raped by her stepfather when she was 12. As a former prosecutor of child sexual abuse, I saw this pattern too frequently: a child victim discloses the abuse by a stepdad or mom’s boyfriend, and mom takes the abuser’s side because she can’t bear to think that she had exposed her own child to a monster. Mom is protecting mom—not the child. Every DA will tell you the same—it’s a painful pattern. It’s the most infuriating thing to hear a mother accuse a child of lying despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. I’ve had jury members plead with me after trial to arrest the mother for aiding and abetting. Vivek Ramaswamy has embraced the Trumpian role of taking the side of the predator—and despicably rolled out Amy’s estranged mother to denounce Amy. The brother of @amyactonoh confirms Amy’s account. The child protection authorities did the same—and took custody of both of them away from Acton’s mother. This is disgusting politics. Vivek, you may not be better than this, but the American people are.

We don’t talk with Beijing about AI safety because we trust them. We talk with them because the alternative can be catastrophic—for us and for them. The current approach, though, puts political leaders at a table without any likelihood of getting anything done that will mitigate risk.

Amén. Hackathoners, unite!

For months, I’ve warned about what I call the “cockroach theory of AI regulation.” That is, an encounter with one cockroach in the kitchen should give rise to the discovery that dozens more have already partied their way through the pantry and run off with the fruit cake. Recent disclosures of even more rogue AI agents should wake us up to the need for action. @MikeJohnson should immediately bring Congress back to Washington to vote on the many bipartisan proposals already written, to mitigate the risk of catastrophe. Inaction is unforgivable.

We can, and must, begin discussions on artificial intelligence with the government, industry, and experts in China to ensure humanity wins.

Speaker Johnson needs to recognize the catastrophic risks posed by artificial intelligence and bring back Congress to pass strong, bipartisan safeguards to protect the American people. Even the leaders of the biggest AI companies agree that we must take urgent action at the federal level to address these risks.