Palantir CEO Karp on AI Firms' Liability: "You're Assuming There Will Be an S-1"
eliano · x · 2026-09-18
Palantir CEO Alex Karp told CNBC that regulating AI will be very difficult because everyone who truly understands AI is currently "on the payroll" of an AI business. His core argument: the first line of defense is that you're liable for your own actions — if you build a technology that can destroy 10% of the world, civil and criminal liability attaches. AI companies asking for societal or self-regulation are, in a weird twist, trying to escape that first line of defense. Asked how companies like Anthropic or OpenAI will explain liability in their S-1s when they IPO, Karp replied: "That's the thing. You're assuming that there will be an S-1."
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