NYT roundtable: experts on AI rules as AI Now calls voluntary pledges toothless
AINowInstitute · x · 2026-10-28
The New York Times convened five experts on what rules AI companies should actually face. Context: safety researchers have resigned from OpenAI and Anthropic warning of catastrophic risk; labs are reportedly gaming out catastrophic cyberattack scenarios within 6-12 months; Trump calling AI catastrophe predictions a "hoax" undermined bipartisan regulation; Yoshua Bengio doubts timely government regulation. Kate Brennan, AI Now Institute's policy lead — MIT Tech Review's quote of the day — says executives' voluntary safety pledges are like "making a promise and crossing their fingers behind their backs," arguing for enforceable action over self-regulation.
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