Joe Lonsdale opposes federal AI regulation, pushes liability over rules for AI firms
kevinnbass · x · 2026-09-17
Investor Joe Lonsdale, on the Will Cain show, blasted the push for federal AI regulators and proposed an alternative:
- He argues AI companies should face extreme liability instead of regulatory capture: "This is going to be a $2 trillion IPO — they should lose all of it if they cause hundreds of billions in damage."
- Context: Senators Josh Hawley (R) and Richard Blumenthal (D) proposed legislation putting oversight in politicians' hands rather than groups like METR; Lonsdale says Hawley is attacking tech to gain popularity on the right.
- His stance: "the right should be against regulation, but for liability," while opposing cronyism and regulatory capture by Big Tech and their NGOs.
More from Safety
- Cambricon co-founder urges shared US-China AI ethics standards for leading models — pstAsiatech · 2026-11-02
- Vitalik's "post-AI cryptography": pseudonyms are dead, per-action anonymity is in — devanshmehta · 2026-11-02
- 6 prompts to see what ChatGPT quietly knows about you — and wipe it — Aiden_Tech_Ai · 2026-11-02
- Insider: critical infrastructure firm flunked security audit, still delays basic fixes — thedealdirector · 2026-11-02
- Cyber attack on Swedish smart fridges causes mass food spoilage at supermarket — Polymarket · 2026-11-02
- Security researcher: offense is hard to automate, defending known vuln classes is easier — mboehme_ · 2026-11-02