Notable gaps across the current landscape of proposals
Despite the breadth of the current proposals, several important topics remain underaddressed or absent from the legislative conversation entirely.
Most proposals focus on large commercial developers. The treatment of open-source frontier models, which create different risk profiles and different enforcement challenges, is largely unaddressed.
OpenAI and the Blackburn bill reference international cooperation, but no proposal establishes concrete mechanisms for aligning U.S. AI governance with EU, UK, or multilateral approaches.
While the Blackburn bill's Title XVI addresses agency use of AI and New York's AI Bill of Rights proposes opt-out rights, the specific governance of AI in law enforcement, benefits administration, and other high-stakes government contexts remains underdeveloped.
Sanders' moratorium is the only proposal that directly addresses the environmental footprint of AI infrastructure. The White House framework addresses energy through the lens of ratepayer protection but not environmental sustainability.
Beyond Sanders' breakup calls, no proposal addresses the competitive dynamics of AI development -- the concentration of compute, data, and talent among a small number of firms and its implications for innovation and governance.