{"id":234028,"date":"2026-06-19T13:29:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T17:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/19\/a-conversation-with-congressman-jay-obernolte-on-artificial-intelligence-san-diego-union-tribune\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T14:25:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T18:25:15","slug":"a-conversation-with-congressman-jay-obernolte-on-artificial-intelligence-san-diego-union-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/19\/a-conversation-with-congressman-jay-obernolte-on-artificial-intelligence-san-diego-union-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"A conversation with Congressman Jay Obernolte on artificial intelligence \u2013 San Diego Union-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/2026\/06\/19\/a-conversation-with-congressman-jay-obernolte-on-artificial-intelligence\/\">A conversation with Congressman Jay Obernolte on artificial intelligence \u2013 San Diego Union-Tribune<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/2026\/06\/19\/a-conversation-with-congressman-jay-obernolte-on-artificial-intelligence\/\">https:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/2026\/06\/19\/a-conversation-with-congressman-jay-obernolte-on-artificial-intelligence\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-19 13:29:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.sandiegouniontribune.com\">www.sandiegouniontribune.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Congressional Innovation in AI Regulation<\/strong>: Congressman Jay Obernolte, R-California, and Congresswoman Lori Trahan, D-Massachusetts, have introduced the Great American AI Act (GAAIA), aiming to federally regulate AI model development, focusing on harm mitigation standards and auditing for enforcement.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Federal vs. State Regulations<\/strong>: GAAIA would preempt state legislation regulating AI development for three years or more if reauthorized, which is contentious as it could prevent addressing critical concerns like deepfakes and AI-based scams in state laws.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Displaced Workers Assistance<\/strong>: The act proposes frameworks for studying workforce disruptions and establishing retraining programs but does not prevent job displacement directly. Instead, it concentrates on offering support after the disruption.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Optimistic Take on AI Impact<\/strong>: Obernolte holds an optimistic view on AI&#8217;s potential job creation over displacement, comparing it to past technological revolutions like the internet and the printing press, highlighting AI&#8217;s capability to boost human productivity.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Preemption and Concerns<\/strong>: There are concerns about the preemption of state regulations, especially seeing some states (like California) have specific AI-related laws that GAAIA could override, raising issues about limiting AI abuses.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Surveillance and Privacy Concerns<\/strong>: The article highlights potential misuses of AI for government surveillance and warfare, emphasizing the need for restrictions on how AI is used by governments to protect individual rights.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Current State of GAAIA<\/strong>: The current draft of GAAIA is open for industry and policymaker consultations, indicating the bill is not yet finalized and can be refined based on feedback.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Future of AI<\/strong>: The potential benefits of AI remain uncertain, and while GAAIA offers a proactive approach, it falls short in addressing some immediate and critical issues brought by AI advancements.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A conversation with Congressman Jay Obernolte on artificial intelligence \u2013 San Diego Union-Tribune https:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/2026\/06\/19\/a-conversation-with-congressman-jay-obernolte-on-artificial-intelligence\/ Publish&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":234029,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/OCR-L-OBERNOLTE-0407-05_074706.jpg?w=1024&h=722","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-234028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234028"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234028"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":234030,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234028\/revisions\/234030"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}