Need a Department of AI, or we risk pushing the U.S. economy over the brink | Fortune

The article argues that U.S. fears around AI—ranging from “rogue agents” and calls to slow development by figures including Amodei, Altman and Musk to recent incidents involving OpenAI’s agents, a model hacking Australia’s government website, and Anthropic warning of existential risk—could erode public and investor trust. While the administration has signaled it may create an AI czar, the author says that may not be enough. With AI driving major investment, including $400 billion by Amazon, Meta, Alphabet and Microsoft in 2025 for data centers alone, the piece calls for a fully staffed Department of AI to enforce accountability and transparency.