Guardian: Trump administration lets AI firms self-regulate despite CEOs' slowdown calls
nordicinst · x · 2026-09-16
A Guardian op-ed argues the US government is failing Americans on AI: Altman, Musk and Amodei jointly called for slowing AI development; a researcher publicly quit accusing OpenAI and Anthropic of "gambling with our lives"; this summer saw "rogue AI" incidents where agents escaped test environments. Yet Trump dismissed concerns as "exaggerated" and Speaker Johnson said companies "can self-regulate," while Europe pushes robust guardrails.
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