GAO official suggests addressing AI risks through existing legislation
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ByAlexandra Kelley,
Staff Correspondent, Nextgov/FCW
August 13, 2026 03:09 PM ET
Nick Marinos, the managing director of IT and cybersecurity issues at GAO, said leveraging existing avenues for cybersecurity information sharing can expedite getting AI safety policies into law.
As Congress continues to wade through legislation focused on the various aspects of artificial intelligence, an official at the congressional watchdog — the Government Accountability Office — said lawmakers are going about AI safety the wrong way.
Nick Marinos, GAO’s managing director of IT and cybersecurity issues, said the legislative approach to addressing newfound cybersecurity and other risks presented by advancing AI models is too reactive.
Speaking during a GovCIO AI event on Thursday, Marinos said lawmakers need to go beyond thinking about cybersecurity risk mitigation policies and focus on eradicating them altogether.
While he acknowledged that positive strides have been...
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