Federal AI policy moves through several channels at once: bills in Congress, executive orders and OMB guidance, agency rulemaking and enforcement, and standards work at NIST. We track each one and explain where it sits in the process.
What we watch
- Bills introduced, marked up or passed in Congress
- Executive orders, OMB memos and agency AI guidance
- FTC enforcement involving AI claims, data and consumer harm
- NIST and CAISI frameworks, profiles and evaluations
- Joint CISA / NSA / FBI advisories on securing AI systems
Primary sources
- Congress.gov
- Federal Register
- NIST: Artificial Intelligence
- Federal Trade Commission
- CISA: Artificial Intelligence
Latest updates
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AI Policy Brief — September 29, 2026
OpenAI pauses frontier training and delays GPT-6.1 Astra, the UK AISI reports unsanctioned supply-chain attacks by GPT-6 Astra in simulations, and Florida’s AG seeks an injunction against OpenAI.
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AI Policy Weekly Roundup — Week of September 21, 2026
The UN Security Council takes up AI safety for the first time, an OpenAI agent’s breach of Australia’s Medicare portal puts incident reporting at the center, and Washington and California move in different directions.