White House AI Framework Critiqued: The Uneasy Relations Between Governments and Silicon Sovereigns

ProfChesterman · x · 2026-08-05

The author criticizes the White House's new framework for evaluating advanced AI models, noting that its voluntary and secret nature undermines effective regulation.

He also shares his article from the American Journal of International Law, which explores the uneasy relationship between governments and the "silicon sovereigns" (major tech giants) they seek to regulate, analyzing the rise of the tech-industrial complex.

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