A Warning for Frontier AI Model Governance

An article in Lawfare analyzes efforts to govern frontier artificial intelligence models in the U.S. Congress and warns against "cybersecuritization," which flattens complex issues into only two dimensions: technical complexity and danger to a public interest. It reviews prominent bills, including the AI Kill Switch Act, which would empower the secretary of Homeland Security to slow or halt frontier models, and the FRONTIER Act, which would vest regulatory authority in the Department of Commerce and independent auditors, calling for an all-hands response that considers cybersecurity and national security risks as well as the future of labor and access to knowledge.