U.S. Lawmakers Press AI Founders to Focus on Products and Safety

AI Leaders Become a Political Liability

“Washington has always viewed Silicon Valley as culturally strange. But the current crop of AI leaders is becoming a monumental political liability,” Axios reports. “Even pro-AI government officials and lawmakers wish AI founders would do what every other major industry chief does — shut up and just build their products … safely.” “By centering the […]

U.S. Lawmakers Press AI Founders to Focus on Products and Safety

Lawmakers say executives’ messages swing between AI’s potential prosperity and existential dangers. Discussion of digital sentience and global catastrophe has also turned the regulatory debate into a moral panic.