On October 27, 2025, SAFE submitted comments in response to the Office of Science and Technology Policy’s (OSTP) Request for Information on Regulatory Reform on Artificial Intelligence.
AI is a foundational technology that will shape economic competitiveness, energy security, and national defense for decades to come. AI has evolved into critical infrastructure that improves safety, optimizes logistics, and enhances national productivity, as detailed in SAFE’s AI in Motion report (September 2025). Continued U.S. leadership in this vital technology depends on the physical foundations that power AI: electricity, chips, and compute. Without these enablers, even the most advanced algorithms cannot be deployed or sustained at the scale required for the United States to compete with its adversaries, namely China.
SAFE urges OSTP to view AI regulatory reform as inseparable from the infrastructure that powers and enables its use. OSTP must address barriers to AI deployment that are both procedural and institutional, and embedded in how the nation permits, procures, and governs the infrastructure that supports it. Addressing outdated vehicle, procurement, and transmission rules is a national security imperative, and the Administration can accelerate AI deployment and reinforce American resilience and competitiveness by modernizing these frameworks.
Read SAFE’s full comments here.
