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California Democrat: 'We need to have a safety stand-down with AI'
Whitesides called for a one-month pause in frontier AI research while experts and companies establish safety limits for Congress to enact.
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Published Sep 15, 2026
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Rep. George Whitesides called for a one-month pause in frontier AI research while companies and government experts establish safety limits, and urged Congress to stay in Washington to address the issue. Republican leaders and President Trump have opposed or questioned federal AI safeguards.
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George Whitesides
D · CA-27
California representative proposing a temporary pause in frontier AI research and urging Congress to work on AI safeguards.
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Mike Johnson
R · LA-4
House Speaker who dismissed the idea of federal AI safeguards.
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