GoKawiilCalifornia's Scott Wiener signals push for federal AI regulation after winning Pelosi's House seat
State senator Scott Wiener, author of California's SB 1047 and SB 53 AI bills, said he sees little sign Congress will pass AI legislation this year and called for faster action. He confirmed his congressional campaign received over $3 million from Public First Action, a pro-regulation nonprofit backed substantially by Anthropic, and said he would want to serve on a proposed House select committee on AI.