American legal scholar who served as chair of the Federal Trade Commission from 2021 to 2025.
Case
Jon Ossoff urges inspections, legislation and an AI treaty; Donald Trump says existing federal powers are sufficient. Their opposing positions raise a concrete question: should Washington add safeguards for frontier AI?
Role at the time: Former Federal Trade Commission chair; statement posted from her verified X account.
Statement summary
Khan says existing law gives enforcers authority to act against companies and executives that create and release dangerous, unvetted, or defective products.
“Law enforcers already have authority to charge companies and their CEOs for creating and releasing dangerous, unvetted, or defective products.”
Khan supports enforcement safeguards using existing law and cautions against treating discussion of new legal regimes as the only relevant framework.
Statement dates: September 13, 2026
Statement dates: September 13, 2026
