{
  "family": "common-ground",
  "checked": "2026-10-09",
  "scope": "A selected pilot, not an exhaustive policy platform. Survey findings describe the sampled population and the stated question, not all Americans or every version of a proposal.",
  "id": "high-impact-ai",
  "metaTitle": "High-impact AI: support & oversight | America.co",
  "title": "Do Americans want oversight of AI that makes important decisions?",
  "description": "Compare polling on high-impact AI testing with a related impact-assessment bill, including the difference between testing and independent approval.",
  "answer": "This survey found majority support across parties for testing new high-impact AI systems. The related H.R. 5511 Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2025 addresses impact assessments, not an identical government-approval test. Its official record checked October 9, 2026 showed committee referral.",
  "category": "AI and information trust",
  "poll": {
    "label": "PPC national Q73",
    "period": "2026-02-11 / 2026-02-26",
    "population": "U.S. adults; weighted opt-in panels; total n=2,509; four-fifths modules n=1,991–2,020 (question-specific n unreported).",
    "questionSummary": "Government testing of new high-impact AI systems.",
    "national": 78,
    "republican": 78,
    "democrat": 82,
    "independent": 67,
    "sourceUrl": "https://publicconsultation.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Common-Ground-National-Questionnaire-2026.pdf#page=20"
  },
  "facts": [
    {
      "label": "Related proposal",
      "value": "H.R. 5511, Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2025",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5511"
    },
    {
      "label": "Latest recorded action",
      "value": "September 19, 2025: referred to House Energy and Commerce",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr/BILLSTATUS-119hr5511.xml"
    },
    {
      "label": "Mechanism in the introduced bill",
      "value": "FTC-required impact assessments of certain algorithms",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr5511ih/html/BILLS-119hr5511ih.htm"
    }
  ],
  "sections": [
    {
      "heading": "Assessment does not automatically mean approval",
      "paragraphs": [
        "A developer’s assessment, an independent audit, a regulator’s test and a mandatory authorization are different mechanisms. A meaningful comparison states who evaluates the system, when it happens, what is measured, and what follows a failure."
      ],
      "sourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "heading": "What this related bill does and does not prove",
      "paragraphs": [
        "H.R. 5511 would direct the FTC to require specified impact assessments. That is a related accountability mechanism, not proof that the poll’s exact test has been implemented. Read covered-entity and system definitions before applying the proposal to a particular product."
      ],
      "sourceUrls": [
        "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr5511ih/html/BILLS-119hr5511ih.htm"
      ]
    },
    {
      "heading": "Questions an affected person should be able to ask",
      "paragraphs": [
        "Who owns the decision? What evidence can be corrected? Is a human review available? What record documents a challenge? These questions identify a practical accountability pathway without assuming every institution offers the same remedy today."
      ],
      "sourceUrls": []
    }
  ],
  "steps": [
    "Identify the real decision maker and affected process.",
    "Compare independent testing, internal assessment and appeals separately.",
    "Check the dated proposal and relevant institution’s current procedures."
  ],
  "caution": "Support for a described test is not evidence of technical efficacy or support for this bill as a whole. This page does not state a universal right to appeal every automated decision.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "PPC AI polling release",
      "url": "https://publicconsultation.org/united-states/cg2026-ai/",
      "asOf": "2026-10-09"
    },
    {
      "title": "PPC questionnaire, Q73",
      "url": "https://publicconsultation.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Common-Ground-National-Questionnaire-2026.pdf",
      "asOf": "2026-10-09"
    },
    {
      "title": "Official H.R. 5511 action record",
      "url": "https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr/BILLSTATUS-119hr5511.xml",
      "asOf": "2026-10-09"
    },
    {
      "title": "H.R. 5511 introduced text",
      "url": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr5511ih/html/BILLS-119hr5511ih.htm",
      "asOf": "2026-10-09"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    {
      "label": "How to track congressional votes",
      "url": "/learn/how-to-track-congressional-votes"
    },
    {
      "label": "Public resource desk",
      "url": "/resources"
    },
    {
      "label": "America AI Council",
      "url": "/ai-council"
    }
  ],
  "faq": [
    [
      "Is an impact assessment the same as government approval?",
      "No. Who performs the assessment and what happens afterward determine its practical meaning."
    ],
    [
      "Does the poll measure whether a particular AI test works?",
      "No. It measures support for the stated proposal, not system performance."
    ]
  ],
  "route": "/common-ground/high-impact-ai",
  "file": "common-ground/high-impact-ai.html"
}