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AI in the United States

Build fast, regulate lightly at federal level, and push one national rulebook that overrides state AI laws.

Profile reviewed 24 Sep 2026580 developments tracked

Stargate AI infrastructure pledge (Jan 2025)
$500bn
California’s frontier-model law, SB 53, in force
1 Jan 2026
Genesis Mission federal commitments (Jul 2026)
$5bn+

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Latest from the US

Policy Prosecutors say AI-faked bosses and lawyers tricked companies out of $129m US prosecutors have charged three men with using AI to fake the voices and faces of chief executives and law-firm lawyers to get staff to wire more than… AI-powered attacks · Policy · Security Invention US regulator opens 50 MHz of cellular spectrum to drones, lifting a 1991 ban The FCC has let drones use 50 MHz of the 800 MHz cellular band, ending a 1991 restriction. Longer flights still wait on the FAA. Policy · Robotics Adoption Judge lets NAACP pollution lawsuit against xAI’s data centre power plant go ahead A federal judge in Mississippi refused to dismiss a Clean Air Act case over gas turbines powering xAI's Colossus 2 data centre. Infrastructure · Policy Policy INTERPOL and the FBI warn that AI is removing the usual signs of a scam Two law enforcement warnings in one week say AI-made voices, videos and messages now look real enough that checking a request matters more than how it sounds. AI-powered attacks · Policy · Security Invention US proposes lighting rules for driverless cars with no steering wheel, including optional cyan lamps NHTSA wants to update US vehicle lighting rules so cars driven entirely by software can comply, and to allow optional cyan lamps that show a car is driving… Policy · Robotics Policy Appeals court lets the Pentagon keep its supply chain risk label on Anthropic A 2 to 1 ruling lets the US defence department keep removing Claude from its systems, in a dispute over limits Anthropic set on military use. Policy Policy Pentagon starts work on a proposed command for autonomous warfare A new four-star command for unmanned and autonomous systems would need approval from Congress, with a target date of 1 October 2027. Policy Invention US regulator lets driverless trucks use warning beacons instead of triangles for five years A five-year federal exemption removes a rule that assumed a driver would climb out to set warning triangles, a practical barrier for trucks with no one in the… Policy · Robotics

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Strategy

America’s AI Action Plan (July 2025) sets out 90+ federal actions on innovation, infrastructure and diplomacy. The Genesis Mission for AI in science has $5bn+ in federal commitments across 278 projects (July 2026).

Regulation

No federal AI law. Executive Order 14365 (Dec 2025) set up a DOJ task force to challenge state AI laws. California’s SB 53 on frontier-model transparency has applied since 1 Jan 2026; Colorado replaced its AI Act with a narrower law from 1 Jan 2027.

Compute

Stargate targets 9+ GW across seven US sites by 2029, with Abilene, Texas the first live site (Epoch AI). Nvidia H200 exports to China have been licensed case by case since January 2026.

Key labs

OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, Meta, xAI, Microsoft, Nvidia.

Notable models

Every frontier release is tracked on Model releases; the September 2026 flagships are GPT-6, Claude Opus 5.5, Gemini 3.8 and Grok 4.7.

What to watch

The first DOJ lawsuit against a state AI law; SB 53’s first year of enforcement; whether the Abilene site reaches 1.2 GW in Q4 2026.
Sources
  1. America’s AI Action Plan (White House)
  2. Genesis Mission update (White House)
  3. Executive Order 14365 (Paul Hastings)
  4. Colorado repeals and replaces its AI Act (Skadden)
  5. California SB 53 explained
  6. Stargate: where the US sites stand (Epoch AI)

Who builds AI in the US

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AmazonGlobal e-commerce and logistics company whose AWS division is… AMDFabless semiconductor company designing x86 processors, GPUs, adaptive silicon… AppleConsumer electronics company that designs the iPhone, Mac, iPad,… BroadcomFabless semiconductor and infrastructure-software company designing networking, broadband and… GoogleInternet and software company behind Search, YouTube, Android, Google… IntelIntegrated device manufacturer designing and fabricating x86 processors, GPUs… MicrosoftSoftware and cloud computing company best known for Windows,… NVIDIAFabless semiconductor company designing GPUs, CPUs, networking silicon and… QualcommFabless chip designer that makes mobile processors and modems,… TeslaElectric vehicle and energy company that also builds autonomous…

the US on the timeline

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  1. OpenAI puts conversational ads inside ChatGPT
  2. Anthropic lets vetted labs past its biology safeguards
  3. GPT-6 Astra attacks supply chains in UK safety tests
  4. Appeals court treats AI training licences as a market
  5. Judge dismisses publishers’ AI Overviews antitrust suits
  6. METR finds AI speeding up Anthropic’s model progress

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