Whose Voice Counts? Mapping Stakeholder Perspectives on AI Through Public Submissions to the U.S. Government
Researchers analyze public comment letters submitted to the Trump Administration's U.S. AI Action Plan consultation, applying topic modeling and frequency analysis to compare perspectives across stakeholder groups including academia, individuals, and the private sector. The study finds that individual submitters emphasize concerns about AI's societal impacts on daily life, while the final AI Action Plan predominantly reflects private sector priorities around security, policy, and development. A corpus cleaning pipeline is released alongside the findings. The work highlights a representational gap between public concerns and the resulting policy document.
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Anthropic Responds to White House AI Action Plan, Calls for Transparency Standards and Export Controls
Anthropic published a policy response to the White House's 'Winning the Race: America's AI Action Plan,' endorsing its focus on AI infrastructure, federal adoption, and safety research while urging additional steps on export controls and mandatory AI development transparency standards. The company highlighted alignment between the plan and its prior OSTP submissions, and noted its proactive activation of ASL-3 protections with Claude Opus 4 as evidence that safety and innovation are compatible. Anthropic called for a single national standard for frontier model transparency rather than a state-by-state patchwork, and encouraged continued investment in NIST's CAISI for evaluating frontier models on national security risks including CBRN capabilities.
Anthropic Public Record: First wave survey of 52,000 Americans on AI attitudes
Anthropic released results from its first Anthropic Public Record survey, a nationally representative poll of nearly 52,000 Americans conducted in November–December 2025. Key findings: 64% fear AI-induced job loss (top fear in every state), 56% fear cognitive dependency, over 70% support government regulation of AI, and only 15% trust AI companies to self-govern. The survey found broad bipartisan consensus on AI concerns and accountability, with Americans prioritizing legal liability for AI companies and safety over growth. Anthropic plans to repeat the survey regularly and expand internationally.
OpenAI's Proposals for the U.S. AI Action Plan
OpenAI has submitted formal policy recommendations to the U.S. government as part of the AI Action Plan process, building on its previously published Economic Blueprint. The proposals are aimed at strengthening American AI leadership at a national level. This represents OpenAI's continued effort to shape federal AI policy and regulatory frameworks in its favor.
OpenAI report: PRC-linked influence operations targeting U.S. AI debates
OpenAI published a report documenting PRC-linked influence operations that use AI to target U.S. technology policy debates, including narratives around data centers, tariffs, and false claims about ChatGPT. The report identifies a pattern of coordinated inauthentic behavior aimed at shaping American discourse on AI. This is notable both as a safety/threat-intelligence disclosure and as evidence of AI being weaponized in geopolitical information operations.
Seizing the AI Opportunity: OpenAI's White House Policy Submission
OpenAI has submitted a policy document to the White House outlining recommendations for U.S. AI leadership, focusing on strategic investment in energy infrastructure and workforce readiness. The submission frames AI development as an 'Intelligence Age' imperative requiring expanded capacity. This represents OpenAI's formal engagement with U.S. federal policy on AI infrastructure and competitiveness.
Andrew Ng Argues Anti-AI Messaging Campaigns Harm Public Policy Outcomes
Andrew Ng's weekly letter characterizes organized opposition to AI as strategic propaganda, citing a UK study that tested which alarm messages (extinction, warfare, environment, job loss, child harm) most effectively turn public opinion against AI. He argues that environmental and employment concerns are being weaponized by incumbents and lobbyists, drawing an analogy to oil-industry campaigns against nuclear power. Ng also endorses the White House's proposed federal AI preemption framework as a counter to state-level regulatory fragmentation.
OpenAI publishes public policy agenda covering safety, youth protection, and global standards
OpenAI released a formal public policy agenda outlining its positions on AI safety, youth protection, workforce transition, and international standards. The document represents OpenAI's stated priorities for engaging with governments and regulators. As a tier-1 primary source from a leading frontier lab, it signals how OpenAI intends to shape AI governance discussions.
Comments on U.S. National AI Research Resource Interim Report
Hugging Face published commentary on the U.S. National AI Research Resource (NAIRR) interim report, which outlines a proposed federal initiative to provide researchers with shared access to compute, data, and other AI infrastructure. The post likely advocates for open-source and open-science principles in shaping the NAIRR's design. This represents an industry stakeholder weighing in on a significant U.S. AI policy and infrastructure initiative.