AI leaders frequently warn about the severe risks of the very technologies their own companies are aggressively racing to deploy.
Despite these glaring contradictions, governments continue to invite these tech executives to shape regulatory solutions and policy frameworks.
The FT strongly argues that AI governance must be firmly anchored in democratic institutions, binding laws, and independent oversight, rather than relying on voluntary industry promises.
With Europe already implementing the EU AI Act, the immediate priority should be enforcing strict transparency, mitigating systemic risks, and ensuring corporate accountability.
This raises a critical societal question: should the companies creating these unprecedented AI risks also be the ones deciding how those risks are governed?
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