Chris Van Hollen

Van Hollen joins colleagues demanding the FAA pause its AI air traffic tool and provide transparency on safety testing, training, and oversight before deployment.

“U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Congresswoman April McClain Delaney (D-Md.), along with Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Don Beyer (D-Va.), Kweisi Mfume (D-Md.), Suhas S…”

Van Hollen introduced jobs legislation responding to AI-driven workforce threats, without taking a stance on AI regulation itself.

“As concerns grow about the threats posed to the American workforce by AI – and as U.S. long-term unemployment hits nearly two million – U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) is introducing the Ready t…”

Van Hollen introduced jobs legislation responding to AI-driven workforce threats, without taking a stance on AI regulation itself.

“As concerns grow about the threats posed to the American workforce by AI – and as U.S. long-term unemployment hits nearly two million – U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) is introducing the Ready t…”

Senator praises OpenAI's decision to delay a model release over safety concerns and calls for urgent guardrails and regulation of frontier AI development.

“Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement regarding OpenAI’s decision to hold its release of the GPT-6.1 Astra model. The decision follows Senator Van Hollen’s lett…”

Leads Senate Democrats urging Trump to negotiate formal US-China AI guardrails and a mutual pause on frontier AI development.

“Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) led more than 15 of his colleagues in calling on President Donald Trump to negotiate a formal agreement between the U.S. and China on guardrails and global…”

Highlights federal funding for Morgan State University's autonomous networks research institute as an investment in advancing AI-related research capacity.

“Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks and Congressman Kweisi Mfume (all D-Md.) highlighted $10 million in federal funding to support Morgan State University’s research programs, …”

Van Hollen presses OpenAI for answers on the safety of its new model and demands government researchers get full access to assess AI risks.

“Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) called on OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to provide answers on the safety of the company’s newly released model and to reconcile concerning statements regarding its…”

Van Hollen joins colleagues demanding the Fed add worker representatives to its AI task force, whose three industry-tied advisers pose a conflict of interest in assessing AI job displacement.

“U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), along with Senators Andy Kim (D-N.J.), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), and Jack Reed (D-R.I…”