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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

Invention AMD to buy Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs in $8.2bn all-stock deal AMD will pay about $8.2bn in stock for the spatial-intelligence lab, and Fei-Fei Li will become its chief scientist. Hardware · Models · Robotics Invention Anthropic releases Claude Sonnet 5.5, a faster, cheaper mid-tier model Anthropic’s new mid-tier model keeps Sonnet 5’s prices but, the company says, runs more than 30% faster and costs up to 30% less per task. Models Invention Nvidia starts qualifying batteries and coolers for AI sites Nvidia’s new DSX Ready programme certifies batteries and cooling units for AI sites. One category is reviewed by Nvidia, the other self-attested. Hardware · Infrastructure Invention Grok 4.7 competes on price, not on top scores SpaceXAI holds Grok 4.6 prices for its new flagship, which trails Fable 5.1 on most of the benchmarks it published. The pitch is cost per task. Models Invention Perplexity’s local agent runs on AMD Ryzen AI Max PCs Running inference locally lets agents skip metered cloud credits, but AMD names no models, no figures and no supported systems. Applications · Hardware Invention Google’s long-form video stack, scored on benchmarks it built itself Four frameworks wrap Gemini and Veo to keep minutes-long video coherent, and the headline 81.4 comes from a benchmark the same team made. Models · Research Invention NVIDIA ships Isaac ROS 5.0 with agent-readable robotics workflows A free, open-source robotics release built so that coding agents, not just humans, can drive the toolchain. Applications · Robotics Invention OpenAI rebuilds prompt caching for GPT-6 Cheaper reuse of repeated context, a 30-minute cache window, and two pages from the same publisher that state the discount differently. Infrastructure · 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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