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Alexandra Kelley and Christian Robles
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July 24, 2026 04:31 PM ET
Tech Bills of the Week: Regulating chatbot-child communication; AI in the VA; and more
Bills this week focused on how minors — and seniors — engage with generative AI, gauging AI’s efficacy at the VA and addressing a myriad of policy issues.
TL;DRAI
Congress advances FRONTIER Act (safety tiers, oversight for frontier models) and Warner omnibus (infrastructure, workforce). Impact: mandatory safety evaluation and federal licensing reshape vendor selection and require internal AI governance audit-readiness.
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