AI doomsday rhetoric from top labs is ladder-pulling that buries startups in compliance
DavidLinthicum · x · 2026-10-07
David Linthicum argues that when the biggest AI labs warn the world is ending unless everyone slows down, they mean they've climbed the ladder and want to pull it up. Regulation that sounds noble can quietly become a toll booth only OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta and Anthropic can afford, burying startups building specialized models under audit fees before shipping.
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