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Sara Jacobs

U.S. representative

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“We’ve seen that AI consistently makes more aggressive and escalatory decisions than humans in war game simulations, including launching nuclear weapons. That’s why I’m so proud that the House Armed Services Committee passed my amendment to ensure that humans are involved in every step of decision-making regarding nuclear weapons.

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Sara Jacobs

U.S. representative

In a 2024 House office press release, Sara Jacobs said AI consistently made more aggressive and escalatory decisions than humans in war-game simulations, including launching nuclear weapons, and supported keeping humans involved in every nuclear-weapons decision.

U.S. representative and member of the House Armed Services CommitteePublished May 29, 2024 · date of remarks not establishedOfficial House office press release on the FY2025 National Defense Authorization Act

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“AI should never have the final say in deploying nuclear weapons, which pose one of the biggest threats to human life,” said Rep. Sara Jacobs. “We’ve seen that AI consistently makes more aggressive and escalatory decisions than humans in war game simulations, including launching nuclear weapons. That’s why I’m so proud that the House Armed Services Committee passed my amendment to ensure that humans are involved in every step of decision-making regarding nuclear weapons. In today’s political climate, it’s hard to get unanimous support for anything – but I hope that my colleagues will agree this is a non-controversial and common-sense step to protect human life and our planet.” “Artificial Intelligence technology can never be a substitute for human judgment when making nuclear launch decisions,” said Rep. Ted Lieu. “Even the most advanced AI frontier models can have errors and can hallucinate.

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The office release does not link or identify the war-game simulations underlying Jacobs's empirical claim.
The quoted risk is limited to nuclear command decisions and does not establish a general loss-of-control or existential-risk position.

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“Federal laws shouldn’t become optional just because technology is new. AI is already helping make life-altering decisions for millions of Americans – whether they get a loan, a job, or health care coverage – but too often, it’s operating in a gray area. My Sectoral AI Governance Act gives federal agencies clearer authority to write and enforce rules when AI is used to break existing federal laws.

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Sara Jacobs

U.S. representative

In a 2026 House office press release, Sara Jacobs said AI was helping make decisions about loans, jobs, and health coverage and endorsed giving federal agencies clearer authority to write and enforce rules when AI is used to break existing law.

U.S. Representative for California's 51st Congressional DistrictPublished June 3, 2026 · date of remarks not establishedOfficial House office press release announcing the Sectoral AI Governance Act

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The Sectoral AI Governance Act would allow the Department of Housing and Urban Development to require safeguards, such as testing rental screening tools for discriminatory patterns before they are used. Rep. Sara Jacobs said: “Federal laws shouldn’t become optional just because technology is new. AI is already helping make life-altering decisions for millions of Americans – whether they get a loan, a job, or health care coverage – but too often, it’s operating in a gray area. My Sectoral AI Governance Act gives federal agencies clearer authority to write and enforce rules when AI is used to break existing federal laws. We can’t let the American people’s rights and protections become meaningless the moment a company outsources a decision to an algorithm and my bill is part of the solution.” Owen J. Daniels, Associate Director of Analysis and Andrew W. Marshall Fellow at CSET, said: “Frameworks for responsible AI deployment do not need to be entirely built from scratch, as our research at CSET has outlined in detail.

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The passage concerns concrete rights and high-stakes decisions, not catastrophic or existential AI risk.
The statement says AI operates in a gray area but does not claim existing federal statutes are inapplicable; the proposed bill clarifies agency rulemaking authority.

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