Thune: Legislation to regulate AI needs to have a 'light touch'

Source: thehill.com · Section: politics · Bias: Left · Published: Mon, 14 Sep 2026 20:08:10 GMT

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on Monday said any legislation Congress passes to regulate AI must have a “light touch” so as not to stifle innovation and tempered recent warnings that superintelligent AI could exterminate humanity as a “worst-case scenario.” “It needs to strike a balance, light touch. You don’t want to stifle innovation...

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