AI safety group pushes for tighter export controls, limits on 'vastly superhuman AI'

The Hill - Oct 16, 2026

A conservative AI safety group is calling for the U.S. to implement tighter restrictions on advanced chip sales to China and limit the development of “vastly superhuman AI” as part of a new framework for AI policy. Humans First, chaired by former Tea Party leader Amy Kremer, laid out what it described as an “America...

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