AI Foundation Model Transparency Act of 2026

This bill directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to write rules within one year requiring companies that offer large artificial intelligence "foundation models" to share information about them with the FTC and the public. Required information includes sources of training data, data collected during use, intended purposes and risks, supported languages, computing power used, and test results on topics such as health, weapons, elections, and hiring. Companies covered include those with over 10 million monthly users or downloads, models trained with more than 10^26 operations, or models with high-risk capabilities; fully open-source models are exempt. Small and new businesses would get compliance help and a three-month grace period, and violations would be enforced as unfair or deceptive practices under the FTC Act.

Full text and official record on Congress.gov

Sponsors

• Donald S. Beyer, Jr. Democrat sponsor
• 3 cosponsors