AI fears hit a fever pitch: What regulation could mean for the industry

September 2026

Originally published in Yahoo Finance. Watch the full video here.

Former FTC Chief Technologist and Abundance Institute Head of AI Policy, Neil Chilson, joined Asking for a Trend to break down the future of AI regulation as concerns over the pace of AI development intensify.

Frontier AI companies can already choose to slow down their technology. Our Head of AI Policy @neil_chilson is concerned when they want the government to force everyone else to do the same.

If Congress did enact a slowdown? It would "essentially involve a government regulator… pic.twitter.com/th1IwekCLb
— Abundance Institute (@abundanceinst) September 15, 2026

AI fears hit a fever pitch: What regulation could mean for the industry

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