The U.S. Chose a Side on AI Bias — and the World Noticed

The point at which a government's failure to act becomes its position is rarely marked with an announcement. In the case of AI bias, the American position became legible through accumulation: no federal bias audit requirement, no procurement standard tied to fairness testing, and then — in early 2026 — an explicit in favor of deployment speed and strategic autonomy. The Bluesky post that captured this — "the U.S. is becoming the only major AI power that is totally ignoring (and even condoning) the…