# The US is advancing AI safety through state and federal action

DevFeed: [The US is advancing AI safety through state and federal action](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-us-is-advancing-ai-safety-through-state-and-federal-action-6274.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://openai.com/index/advancing-ai-safety-through-state-and-federal-action>)

Published: 2026-07-15T12:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [OpenAI News](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/openai-news.md>)

Topics: [Responsibility & Safety](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/responsibility-safety.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [AI Strategy](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-strategy.md>), [Frontier AI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/frontier-ai.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-governance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-governance.md>), [ai-safety](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-safety.md>), [deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deployment.md>), [frontier-ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/frontier-ai.md>), [global](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/global.md>), [global-affairs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/global-affairs.md>), [government](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/government.md>), [policy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/policy.md>), [strategy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/strategy.md>), [us](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/us.md>)

## AI overview

OpenAI argues that state-level frontier AI safety laws can converge through "reverse federalism" to establish a national US standard, which could then support a globally coordinated, democratic framework for the safe deployment of AI.

## Source excerpt

OpenAI outlines a "reverse federalism" approach to AI governance, where state laws help build a national framework for safe, democratic AI.