Synthesia exec slams EU AI rules as ghostwritten by 'dark money' funded safety orgs
alexvoica · x · 2026-09-24
A Synthesia executive argues EU tech regulation has been "ghostwritten" by foreign-funded organizations like Future of Life Institute, Epoch AI, METR, MIRI, ControlAI, and GovAI. He contends Europe already has a complex web of AI rules and global risk-management standards that companies use at scale, and policymakers should focus on making existing rules work rather than chasing theoretical risks from the "Silicon Valley AI doomer bubble." He also criticizes new European Parliament proposals on hypothetical catastrophic failures as poorly drafted, as is the AI Act's risk regime.
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