Secure and Accountable Military AI Act of 2026

This bill sets rules for how the Department of Defense uses artificial intelligence (AI). It bars the use of AI to select targets for or launch nuclear weapons, limits the use of AI to track or analyze United States persons inside the country, and bans fully autonomous weapon systems except for listed defensive and other uses that the Secretary of Defense certifies to Congress. It requires senior-official approval, testing, and an identified accountable human decision-maker before high-consequence AI uses are deployed, with advance notice to the Armed Services Committees. It also requires AI contractors providing frontier models to report security incidents and concerning model behavior within set deadlines, and lets Congress approve other autonomous weapon systems by joint resolution for up to 3 years.

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• Kirsten E. Gillibrand Democrat sponsor
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