Maria Cantwell

US-Senatorin für Washington und ranghöchste Vertreterin der Minderheit im Handelsausschuss des Senats, die die plötzliche Dringlichkeit der Republikaner bei KI-Sicherheitsregeln begrüßt, aber sagt, ein ernsthaftes Gesetz müsse die leistungsfähigsten Modelle von Wissenschaftlern der nationalen Laboratorien daraufhin prüfen lassen, ob sie ausgefeilte Cyberangriffe ermöglichen oder bei der Entwicklung biologischer oder nuklearer Waffen helfen könnten.

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3. Jan. 2001 – heuteUnited States Senator from Washington, United States SenateDemocrat.Quelle →
3. Feb. 2021 – 3. Jan. 2025Chair, Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States SenateQuelle →
3. Jan. 2025 – heuteRanking Member, Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States SenateAlso held the same position from 3 January 2019 to 3 February 2021; Ted Cruz holds the chair.Quelle →

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11. Sept. 2026 · Beitrag · X
Republicans are suddenly waking up to the urgent need for tough AI safety rules, a sharp reversal from last year when House Republicans and Chairman Cruz tried to impose a 10-year moratorium on state AI regulations that the tech bros wanted. I welcome the urgency. … Meaningful legislation would require the most powerful AI models undergo testing by scientists and experts at our national laboratories to assess whether they could enable sophisticated cyberattacks or aid the development of biological or nuclear weapons.
Ranking Member, Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate zu jener Zeit
Opposing the Thune–Cruz–Klobuchar frontier-AI bill's self-testing framework, which she would replace with mandatory vetting by the national labs and national security agencies. Sourced to the outlet that reproduces the post rather than to x.com; the date is the one printed on that page, which dates the post itself only as "on Thursday". The ellipsis stands where the page prints an attribution tag (“," Cantwell posted. "”).
Lawmakers clash on safety testing language for in-development AI legislation, people familiar say →