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September 2026

Sponsor 

Congressional Internet Caucus

Date 
Tue, 09/22/2026 - 12:00 to 13:00

​As Congress considers how to respond to the risks of artificial intelligence, from discrimination to deceptive content and unsafe outputs, lawmakers are increasingly confronting a threshold question: when does AI regulation regulate conduct, and when does it regulate speech?


Sponsor 

House Commerce Committee

Date 
Wed, 09/16/2026 - 10:00

Agenda

  • H.R. 10158, Automotive National and Economic Security Act of 2026 (Reps. Harshbarger and Dingell)

  • H.R. 6832, Packaging and Claims Knowledge (PACK) Act of 2025 (Rep. Weber)


Public Municipal Data Centers

We are facing the multi-trillion-dollar march of private artificial intelligence (AI) data centers into our economy, politics, ecosystem, and cultural life. Amid calls for blanket moratoria and investments in data centers in space, how can the public assert a controlling interest in the development and outcomes of this technology? This essay proposes developing municipally owned, small-scale data center capacity to support municipal services and public-interest AI.

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