Voters of both parties want tighter AI regulation, poll finds

A new survey from the AI Policy Institute finds bipartisan support for legislation that targets powerful AI systems.

An overwhelming majority of likely voters want powerful AI systems to undergo mandatory formal safety reviews before they are released to the public, according to a new survey about Americans’ views on AI, going further than the existing Trump administration policy of opt-in reviews for new advanced models.

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The poll, conducted by Washington, D.C.-based AI Policy Institute (AIPI), a nonpartisan research organization, found that Republicans were more enthusiastic about government-led safety testing for AI models than Democrats, though more than half of voters supported such a measure regardless of their political affiliation.

The survey results are the latest sign of Americans’ bipartisan desire for stronger AI regulations in the face of advancing AI capabilities, representing a shift from earlier findings that Republicans were more skeptical than Democrats of government intervention on AI issues.