Google pushes for AI regulation with carve-outs to protect its business interests
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Thomas Claburn
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Google is calling for AI regulation but wants a "middle way" approach that allows the company to continue its current practices largely unchanged. The article highlights a pattern among major AI companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google who publicly advocate for government oversight while pushing back when regulations threaten their business interests. Google's latest proposal seeks rules that are flexible enough to accommodate its ongoing AI operations, reflecting the tension between corporate responsibility rhetoric and business pragmatism in the AI industry.
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· 3 pulledFor more than three years now, we've been hearing from AI execs who insist that the government regulate their industries … until there's a chance such oversight could hurt business.
OpenAI and Anthropic have led the way with the latter's CEO, Dario Amodei, calling for 'binding regulations' in June 2026, only to push back when his latest models were suspended.
Now Google, which has also called for AI regulation, would like to clarify its request for government intervention and ask for a 'middle way' that's largely
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