George Whitesides

Rep. Whitesides' bipartisan bill would require AI chatbot developers to build in safety standards preventing human-like, emotionally manipulative interactions with minors.

“WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, Reps. George Whitesides (D-CA), Mike Kennedy (R-UT), Doris Matsui (D-CA), and Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) introduced the Protecting Kids from Human-Like Chatbots Act. This…”

Whitesides calls for a 30-day industry-wide pause on frontier AI model development plus government-backed safety protocols.

“WASHINGTON, D.C. – In case you missed it, in a new op-ed published in The Washington Post, Rep. George Whitesides (D-CA), a member of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee and former chief…”

Whitesides introduces the Self-Improving AI Monitoring Act to give federal evaluators visibility into frontier labs' automated AI R&D and reduce superintelligence risk.

“WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Reps. George Whitesides (D-CA) and Pat Harrigan (R-NC) introduced the Self-Improving AI Monitoring Act, bipartisan legislation to reduce the risk of superintelligent AI by mo…”

Whitesides and colleagues introduce a bill directing NSF to study AI's effects on students so schools deploy the technology responsibly, without new mandates.

“WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Reps. George Whitesides (CA-27), April McClain-Delaney (MD-06), and Andrea Salinas (OR-06) introduced the Understanding AI in the Classroom Act. The use of artificial intelli…”

Whitesides supports legislation enabling AI labs to share threat information to defend against foreign distillation attacks, easing antitrust limits while adding guardrails.

“Washington, D.C. – Today, Representatives George Whitesides (D-Calif.-27) and Bob Latta (R-Ohio-5) and U.S. Senators Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Jim Banks (R-Ind.) are introducing new bipartisan legisl…”