{
  "id": 10229030,
  "title": "Why the hubbub about AI is nothing new",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/why-the-hubbub-about-ai-is-nothing-new-10229030",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-27T14:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The National UAE",
    "slug": "the-national-uae",
    "url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/opinion/comment/2026/09/27/ai-technology-regulation/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "AI companies are calling for stricter regulations, echoing a pattern seen in the past as technology advanced faster than the laws designed to control it. Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, suggests independent safety evaluators, coordinated safety standards, and international cooperation. This is not a new request, as industrial development has often outpaced legislation, leading to mandatory oversight after the technology had already embedded itself in society. The internet and social media experienced this during the late 1990s and early 2000s, with privacy, consumer protection, and online tracking becoming focal points for regulation. AI is now entering a similar phase, and prominent figures like Sam Altman and Elon Musk are joining Amodei's calls for increased oversight. The issue at hand is an economic externality, a cost created by an economic activity that falls on others. Pigou's point was that the private cost of an activity can differ from its social cost. AI carries the potential for significant social costs, including job losses, cyber vulnerabilities, biological threats, and conflicts. While AI companies stand to reap vast economic benefits, they may also bear substantial societal costs. The challenge lies in determining responsibility, as engineers can control and test the systems but cannot always predict every potential behavior. This makes it harder to assign liability when a system produces unintended harmful capabilities. The push for AI regulation is not new, as governments have historically caught up after the technology had become deeply entrenched in society and its consequences became undeniable.",
  "summary": "AI companies are asking for greater regulation. They follow a long line of technologists and industrialists who have called for the same thing as the pace of digital development threatens to outstrip guidelines designed to govern it. In a recent essay, We Must Pace the Frontier , Dario Amodei, the chief executive of Anthropic, argues that AI companies should introduce independent safety…",
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      {
        "outlet": "The National Business",
        "title": "Why the hubbub about AI is nothing new",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/why-the-hubbub-about-ai-is-nothing-new",
        "published": "2026-09-27T14:00:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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