Tech bills of the week: Preventing AI model theft; Regulating AI-generated political content; and more
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ByEdward Graham,
Managing Editor, Nextgov/FCW
October 23, 2026 03:48 PM ET
Lawmakers this week took aim at foreign efforts to create knock-off copies of U.S.-made AI models and AI’s capability to influence voting.
Combating AI distillation attacks
A proposal from Reps. Pat Harrigan, R-N.C., and George Whitesides, D-Calif., looks to prevent distillation attacks against U.S.-made AI models by directing the National Institute for Standards and Technology to develop voluntary industry standards and best practices in partnership with private-sector model developers.
The bill would also create an AI Cybersecurity Roundtable to help foster partnerships between critical infrastructure operators and tech firms to develop additional approaches for enhancing the cyberdefenses of the AI capabilities. The proposal names Russia, China, Iran and North Korea — as well as “entities” tied to them — as actors of particular concern behind distillation attacks, which seek...
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