David Schwartz, Ripple’s CTO emeritus, has warned that government regulations on AI safety and copyright could give authorities unprecedented control over political and social speech. He identified two major legal battles: whether training AI models on copyrighted material constitutes infringement, and whether the government will define what counts as safe AI. Schwartz fears both fights could result in Congress and regulators deciding how the most powerful speech-generating tools can be used. The debate divides the industry: Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis proposed a federally backed body to test and certify advanced models, supported by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, while Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong argued that existing laws on fraud and consumer protection are sufficient.
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