US Senate subcommittee holds hearing on rogue AI agent risks
Bipartisan senators questioned witnesses on agent misalignment and liability, making regulatory pressure on AI developers concrete.
A US Senate subcommittee held a hearing on September 30 titled "Rogue AI: Securing the Homeland Against AI Agent Attacks."
Five witnesses testified, including METR president Chris Painter, Apollo Research CEO Marius Hobbhahn, and AI Futures Project executive director Daniel Kokotajlo.
Per Zvi Mowshowitz's relayed account of the room, senators of both parties showed concrete grasp of misalignment and recursive self-improvement risks, with one asking outright whether RSI should be made illegal. Those floor statements come second-hand; the official page confirms only the date and witness list.
Sources:https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/subcommittees/dmdcc/hearings/rogue-ai-securing-the-homeland-against-ai-agent-attackshttps://thezvi.substack.com/p/the-ai-preference-cascade-reacheshttps://robert.ocallahan.org/2026/09/goodbye-google.html