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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 OpenAI says it disrupted a campaign to extract its models’ hidden reasoning OpenAI has attributed a core cluster of an adversarial distillation campaign to individuals associated with Moonshot AI, the Chinese lab behind Kimi. Models · Policy Invention Google launches Gemini 4 Argon, cyber defenders first in line Google’s new frontier model reaches trusted cyber defenders and a US government pre-release process before it reaches developers. Applications · Cyber defence · Models · Security Invention Boston Dynamics gives Atlas a 13-degree-of-freedom hand built to be trained in simulation Atlas gets a thirteen-degree-of-freedom hand with pressure sensors across fingertips and palm, designed so it can be trained in simulation rather than only hand-programmed. Robotics Invention Microsoft ships its first streaming transcription model and refreshes its voice line Microsoft's first streaming speech-to-text model covers 60 languages with continuous language detection, alongside two refreshed text-to-speech models. Models Invention OpenAI adds a $500 ChatGPT Pro tier and trims what $200 buys OpenAI’s new $500 Pro tier is the only plan with the Ultrafast serving mode, and existing $200 subscribers lose their current usage allowance on 29 October. Applications · Models Invention Flexport opens freight booking to outside AI agents with a new MCP server Shippers' own AI agents can now track, quote and book freight on Flexport without logging in, through a Model Context Protocol server. Models Invention GPT‑6.1 Sol is cheaper than Astra, not than the Sol it replaces Standard prices are unchanged from GPT‑6 Sol. Only cached input was halved. Every “one-fifth the cost” claim is measured against Astra. Models Invention NVIDIA launches open agent safety platform, with Anthropic on board NVIDIA’s OpenShell sandboxes AI agents in software, and its Sentry design watches them from hardware they cannot reach. Hardware · Infrastructure

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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