PRESS RELEASES
Hornedo Unveils AI Governance Plan: Control Over the Future
Wednesday, February 25
Indianapolis, IN — Today, congressional candidate George Hornedo released Control Over the Future—a framework for governing artificial intelligence that centers public control, worker protection, competition, and democratic integrity.
“Artificial intelligence is changing who holds power,” Hornedo said. “Power concentrates where compute concentrates. If we don’t act, we risk permanent infrastructure monopolies, displaced workers, and weakened democratic institutions. Control over the future should belong to the public and not just to whoever controls the servers.”
Hornedo’s plan focuses on five pillars:
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Safety Must Scale With Capacity: Mandatory pre-deployment safety evaluations for high-capability systems, independent audits, registration of large-scale training runs, and required reporting of major safety incidents.
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Upgrade Congress Itself: Build real technical capacity inside congressional committees, establish a Technical Advisory Corps, and modernize oversight structures so regulation can keep pace with exponential technology.
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Independent Oversight: Strict conflict-of-interest standards, cooling-off periods between regulators and industry, transparency in advisory roles, and strengthened whistleblower protections.
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Prevent Infrastructure Monopolies: Aggressive antitrust enforcement and expanded public and university access to advanced compute so startups, researchers, and small businesses aren’t locked out.
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Workers Must Share in the Gains: A federal AI Workforce Transition Fund providing wage insurance, paid retraining tied to regional labor demand, and small-business adoption grants so productivity gains reach Main Street.
Hornedo also called for safeguards to protect elections from synthetic media and AI-driven manipulation.
“Artificial intelligence is shaping the next generation of economic and civic power,” Hornedo said. “Innovation doesn’t require recklessness and control over the future belongs to the public. That’s the work ahead.”