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Khanna Proposes FDA-Style Federal AI Regulator

By Drooid · Sep 20, 2026, 9:55 PM UTC · How we work

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Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) urged creation of a federal AI regulatory agency modeled on the FDA.
He sent letters to DeepSeek and Alibaba urging a pause in AI development until U.S. guardrails exist.
He called for an international agreement with Chinese President Xi Jinping to set basic AI standards and monitoring.
U.S. President Donald Trump dismissed AI threat as a hoax and announced an “AI Force” and an “AI czar.”

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Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) urged creation of a federal AI regulatory agency modeled on the FDA.
He sent letters to DeepSeek and Alibaba urging a pause in AI development until U.S. guardrails exist.
He called for an international agreement with Chinese President Xi Jinping to set basic AI standards and monitoring.
U.S. President Donald Trump dismissed AI threat as a hoax and announced an “AI Force” and an “AI czar.”