Sen. Mark Kelly: Investing in safe, secure AI is key to U.S. dominance

Senator Mark Kelly urged robust U.S. AI safeguards—calling for enforceable standards, transparency, third-party testing, ongoing monitoring, and public-private partnerships—while advocating major investment in data centers and infrastructure to support the AI industry. He emphasized that these measures should protect civil rights and reflect American values, and warned that if AI investments fail to yield consumer demand the resulting economic fallout could be severe.