Explainer
The 2026 Midterms and AI Oversight: What Changes Procedurally
What new committee gavels actually change — agenda control, the oversight record, and veto points — and what stays the same. A procedural explainer, without predictions.
Explainers & methodology
Background reading for the record.
Explainers describe how the pieces fit together — what a compute threshold does, how a bill is structured, what a hearing record contains. They make no recommendations and take no positions.
Explainer
Compute Thresholds, Explained: The 10²⁶ Question
Why a FLOP count is the most consequential number in AI policy: how compute tripwires work, their four known failure modes, and how bills differ in addressing them.
Methodology
How to Read a Frontier AI Bill in Five Minutes
Six questions that expose any AI bill's structure — the same dimensions the SafeASI tracker logs for every entry. Neutral methodology, no recommendations.
In the pipeline
State AI Laws and the Federal Preemption Debate
What preemption clauses do, mechanically — and where state authority currently sits.
In the pipeline
What a Hearing Record Contains
Written testimony, Q&A transcripts, and submissions for the record — and how each enters the log.
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