Josh Hawley
US Senator from Missouri · as of 2026-10-04 · source
Republican senator pushing liability for AI developers; ran the Senate's first hearing on rogue AI agents (Sept 30, 2026) and co-wrote the AI Agent Accountability Act (Oct 1, 2026).
Role changes
- 2026-10-01 Announced the bipartisan AI Agent Accountability Act with Sen. Chris Murphy (criminal and civil CFAA liability for AI agent hacking) source
News mentioning Josh Hawley (3)
- Treasury Secretary Bessent likens AI CEOs who ask for regulation to Hannibal Lecter ('stop me before I kill again') and proposes a US–China AI incident notification process ★★★
On "The Axios Show" (Oct 3, 2026), US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent mocked frontier-lab CEOs who warn of catastrophe while asking Washington to regulate them: "It's kind of like Hannibal Lecter: Stop me before I kill again. This alarmism without solutions by some of the AI community — that's…
- Senators Hawley and Murphy announce the bipartisan AI Agent Accountability Act: criminal and civil CFAA liability for AI agent operators and developers over agent hacking ★★★
On Oct 1, 2026, Sens. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced the AI Agent Accountability Act, the day after the Senate hearing on rogue AI agents. The bill would make operators of AI agents criminally and civilly liable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act when they knowingly…
- Senate subcommittee holds first hearing on rogue AI agents; Hawley pushes developer liability after Altman declines to testify ★★★★
On Sept 30, 2026 the Senate Homeland Security subcommittee chaired by Josh Hawley (ranking member Andy Kim) held "Rogue AI: Securing the Homeland Against AI Agent Attacks", with METR's Chris Painter, Apollo Research's Marius Hobbhahn, Georgetown's Paul Ohm, Dragos's Kurt Gaudette and Daniel…
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