Thune, Cruz and Klobuchar Push to Turn AI Safety from Voluntary Pledges into Legal Obligations

U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz and Senator Amy Klobuchar are drafting a bipartisan bill that would impose a binding legal “duty of care” on developers of the most powerful AI models and authorize the government to block the release of AI models it deems unsafe. The proposal would turn the industry’s voluntary safety commitments into enforceable federal law. Companies could challenge government decisions in federal court, while the precise structure of the government’s authority remains under negotiation.