Frontier labs' regulation push is about shrinking margins and open source, not safety — viral thread argues
RileyRalmuto · x · 2026-09-29
In a much-rewritten thread, RileyRalmuto claims frontier labs' miraculous consensus on regulation isn't about shared rogue-AI risk — their only shared risk is shrinking margins and open-source intelligence capturing their data generators. "We are the data generators."
He argues the regulation push isn't motivated by user safety, notes you rarely hear headlines about Anthropic models going off the rails, and points out Dario Amodei as the only one openly opposing what the others push for. He jokes that using these labs' intelligence daily feels like an implicit non-disparagement agreement. The thread is opinion/speculation without hard evidence.
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