Dem lawmaker hopes to add AI containment language to FRONTIER Act
Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA) arrives at a House Oversight Committee closed-door interview on Capitol Hill on May 18, 2026, in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
ByAlexandra Kelley,
Staff Correspondent, Nextgov/FCW
August 24, 2026 04:29 PM ET
Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Va., is pushing for a September markup of the landmark AI legislation along with new language on model containment following the OpenAI-Hugging Face incident.
A Democratic lawmaker hopes to include language prescribing large language model containment practices in pending House legislation on artificial intelligence in the wake of the OpenAI models' attack on Hugging Face networks.
Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Va., gave updates on the House’s AI-related legislative plans during a Center for Strategic and International Studies event on Monday. He said the OpenAI models’ breach from containment environments during routine testing has prompted potential updates to the pending FRONTIER Act, which was introduced in...
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