Speaker Johnson says tech firms, not Congress, own AI safety — and three CEOs may hold more power than regulators
JOBhakdi · x · 2026-09-15
Citing House Speaker Johnson's stance that tech companies, not Congress, must be responsible for AI safety, the author argues regulators are declining to regulate — leaving Altman, Musk and Amodei to effectively set the frontier's pace, and their agreement on pacing may carry more weight than any bill.
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