Mike Johnson Punts on Jake Tapper’s AI Regulation Question as Industry Calls for Guardrails: ‘China Will Overlap Us’
The House Speaker says Congress "cannot put a moratorium" on the technology's development The post Mike Johnson Punts on Jake Tapper’s AI Regulation Question as Industry Calls for Guardrails: ‘China Will Overlap Us’ appeared first on TheWrap .
House Speaker Mike Johnson appeared on CNN to discuss the call for a global slowdown of AI development amid safety concerns. Johnson argued that it is the responsibility of the AI industry to ensure their technology is safe, stating that government regulation could "smother American innovation." He emphasized the need to resist Congress imposing an emergency moratorium on AI development, as China is likely to surpass the US in AI capabilities.
Johnson suggested that the industry should come together to determine the right balance, balancing national security with safety concerns. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, along with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and xAI CEO Elon Musk, called for a slowdown and proposed the idea of permanent embedded evaluators to better prevent and document internal alignment incidents.
Johnson maintained that the industry should handle this new technology responsibly without hindering American innovation, echoing President Trump's stance that the US should continue leading in AI and implement guardrails to ensure safety.
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