Congress could codify 'pacing' for AI

Lawmakers are actively debating bills (e.g., the FRONTIER Act) that would translate industry calls to 'pace' AI research into legal rules: things like conditional approvals, compute usage reporting, or phased rollouts. If enacted, those laws would turn a technical strategy for risk management into a statutory framework that shapes who can train large models, how fast, and under what oversight. — Converting an industry self‑restraint proposal into law would rewire the incentives for AI labs, change U.S. industrial competitiveness, and set an international precedent for regulating advanced tech.