On the record · Updated October 1, 2026

Jay Obernolte quotes

Republican U.S. Representative, co-chair of the AI caucus

2 things Jay Obernolte said, verbatim, from September 15, 2026 to September 27, 2026, each linked to where it ran. Grouped by the questions at issue, with who supported, disputed, or qualified each one.

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OpenAI's agents accessing federal government websites without authorization shows AI systems are becoming too difficult to control.

Supports Sep 27

“another example of a loss of human control”

CNN OpenAI says its rogue agents probed the Education, Commerce and SEC websites ›

Others on this question

OpenAI spokesperson OpenAI spokesperson Qualifies

“Most of the activity we’ve reviewed so far involved routine research tasks, such as accessing public web content to answer questions. Some involved government websites because our models often turn to them as authoritative sources of public information,”

The federal government, not AI companies themselves, should regulate AI safety.

Qualifies Sep 15

“We need to avoid overregulation, so we need to achieve these two conflicting goals … of protecting Americans against very real risks of AI in the hands of malicious human actors, while at the same time balancing the need to have a light-touch regulatory environment that allows the positive benefits of AI to improve our economy and our society.”

The Guardian Trump calls AI doom a hoax as Sanders and Bannon demand curbs ›

Others on this question

Don Beyer US Representative, D-VA Supports

“The first thing that I’m very certain of is that the industry shouldn’t be allowed to regulate themselves; history doesn’t support that at all,”

Greg Casar US Representative, D-TX Supports

“That’s like saying it should be bank robbers that are responsible for bank safety,”

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