Congress must not waste the AI policy window
A commentary argues that Congress has a limited opportunity to establish meaningful AI policy and risks losing it through inaction or delay.
Why this matters: AI is being built and deployed right now. The rules that shape it — who is liable, what data it can use, how it can be used against you — are being written mostly by companies, not lawmakers. That gap does not stay open forever. At some point the technology hardens, the industry lobbies get organized, and the moment to set real guardrails passes. Whether Congress can move fast enough to matter is a real and open question.
Who should care: AI governance · Lawyers · Administrators · General readers · Policy
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