AI safety advocate Brad Carson likely to run for president, Politico reports

Nov 13, 2026
The former Oklahoma congressman founded Americans for Responsible Innovation, a group pushing for AI safety rules.

Former Oklahoma congressman Brad Carson, a leading AI safety advocate, is likely to run for president, two people familiar with his plans told Politico. No final decision has been made.

Carson founded Americans for Responsible Innovation, which campaigns for AI safety regulation, and helped build the AI safety movement's political infrastructure. Politico says his interest, and a push from like-minded donors, shows how emboldened AI safety advocates feel after midterms in which many Democrats won while campaigning on data centre backlash and scepticism of big tech. It would be a long shot: Carson has not served in Congress since 2005 or in government since 2016, when he was an under secretary of the Army.

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