aceWhen AI is subject to less regulation than your fridge, something is startlingly wrong | Richard Hermer
In my two years as attorney general, I spent more time working on national security than any other issue. The range and gravity of the threats posed to our nation are multifold, from terrorism, armed conflicts and nuclear proliferation, to the impacts of financial insecurity and the climate crisis. All profound challenges, yet ones our superb intelligence and defence communities are well placed to counter. The risk from AI is of an altogether different magnitude, not only in scale, but also because there is a li…
Frontier AI labs face weaker safety regulation than household appliances, and the author argues self-regulation cannot manage risks he describes as existential, leaving public agency over AI exposed.
The author concedes the precise degree of AI risk and the full scope of the challenge are unknown, so the severity he asserts is not measured.
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- JournalismThe Guardian2026-10-12
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