Leading technology companies pledged $2.4 billion in AI tools and compute credits to support the federal Genesis Mission, an initiative to use AI to advance energy innovation, scientific discovery, and national security. The announcement coincided with “Science: A New Golden Age,” an event held at the U.S. Institute of Peace. Coverage can be found in Politico and FedScoop.
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This Week in Washington
- Politico: Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), the ranking member on the Senate Commerce Committee, released a set of AI safety principles that she hopes to use in guiding AI legislation that will provide robust oversight.
- NextGov: Jay Clayton, the White House’s new AI Czar, has given the new Super Intelligence Force 120 days to provide a report on the risks and opportunities of AI and what role the government should play in advancing the technology.
- Fierce Biotech: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched the Simulation-augmented, Real-time Platform Adaptive Seamless Trials (SURPASS), an agency-wide initiative to improve the speed and effectiveness of clinical trials through AI. The work will be directed through the agency’s Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) innovation center.
- CyberScoop: Cyber Director Sean Cairncross, speaking to the Washington Post, emphasized the importance of collaboration with the technology industry to advance AI security and stay on top of cyber risks. He emphasized that the government and industry are already working together on critical standards and security programs.
Article Summary
- NYU Langone Health: A new study from NYU Langone Health indicated that artificial intelligence may be able to detect heart transplant rejection without needing a biopsy, a potentially revolutionary change in the standard of care. If caught in time, heart transplant rejection is common but treatable.
- New York Times: In a New York Times guest essay, Beth Noveck, New Jersey’s first chief AI Strategist, laid out an argument for the ways that artificial intelligence can “repair our broken institutions” and improve American civil society and government services.
Featured Podcast
- The Decoded Podcast
Politico’s Decoded Podcast breaks down The Curve conference, an invite-only meeting of industry and government leaders including Representative Don Beyer (D-VA), OpenAI co-founder Wojciech Xaremba, and more. The conference discussed both the immediate roadmap of AI policy into 2027 and larger questions about responsible AI innovation. (Inside AI Safety’s Hottest Club – October 7, 2026 – 14-minute listen)
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