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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 2026588 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

Adoption Anthropic’s own data: junior technical hiring falls as agents take on more work A report from Anthropic on its own workforce finds the junior share of technical hires fell from 27% to 9% as staff leaned on AI agents. Applications · Research Invention Waymo drops the waitlist in San Antonio, San Diego and Tampa Anyone in the three cities can now hail a driverless Waymo from the app, including rides at San Antonio International Airport. Applications · Robotics Invention Nvidia adds a 120bn Nemotron and two models built to run on one machine Nemotron 3.5 Super VL and two smaller Bolt models are out with open weights, and every performance figure in the announcement is Nvidia’s own. Hardware · Models Invention Meta publishes open weights for an 816bn-parameter Muse Spark model Meta has put open weights for a Muse Spark model on Hugging Face, with no benchmark results and no licence terms in the announcement. Models Research Anthropic gives METR staff badges and the right to publish without a veto Six METR staff now have Anthropic hardware, desks and internal tools, and can publish their risk assessments without Anthropic holding a veto. Policy · Research Invention Nvidia signs Mercedes and Volvo to the same driving stack in two days Mercedes-Benz and Volvo Cars have both expanded their Nvidia partnerships within 24 hours, and both are adopting the same compute, driving software and safety layer. Applications · Robotics Policy Teachers Pay Teachers will ban AI-generated teaching resources The teaching marketplace says it will remove AI-made materials after reports of low-quality listings sold to teachers. Policy Invention Microsoft adds more than 20 legal AI skills to Copilot in Word Copilot for Legal brings contract review, drafting and comparison tools into Word, with partner plugins from legal tech firms. Models

Profile

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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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