Lina Khan says AI companies are following the same playbook that got Big Tech into trouble
Former FTC Chair Lina Khan argues that AI companies cannot be trusted to self-regulate, citing the failures of Big Tech in the social media era. She warns that allowing the industry to set its own guardrails is a mistake as AI development accelerates.
Why it matters
This highlights the ongoing tension between government oversight and the tech industry's push for autonomy in the rapidly evolving AI sector.
Former Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan said the AI industry shouldn't self-regulate. Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images Former FTC chair Lina Khan doesn't believe AI companies can effectively self-regulate. She referenced Big Tech's attempt with social media, calling it "a proven failure." The Trump administration isn't keen on implementing federal-level guardrails. Lina Khan has some advice for AI companies attempting to self-regulate the advancing tech. The former Federal Trade Commission chair said doing so would be a fool's errand during an interview on ABC's "This Week." "We've seen that self-regulation efforts by Big Tech have been a proven failure," Khan said on Sunday. "We need to remember what happened a decade ago." She referenced Big Tech companies that tried to self-regulate in the early days of social media.
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