Call for a "Glass-Steagall for AI" separating foundation labs from bio wet labs
PaulYacoubian · x · 2026-09-18
Paul Yacoubian suggests we may need a "Glass-Steagall Act for AI" that separates AI foundation labs from biology wet labs. Borrowing from the 1933 law that split commercial and investment banking, the argument points to risks from combining frontier AI capabilities with biological experimentation and calls for structural separation as a safeguard.
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