The Importance of AI Regulation
Given the track record of companies like Meta and Google when it comes to developing new technologies, it’s safe to say they aren’t going to properly regulate themselves. From antitrust suits to the Cambridge Analytica scandal, the big tech firms have proven they need a regulatory push to do the right thing.
Luckily, there are signs that the law is finally catching up. US lawmakers swiftly struck down the provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill that would ban individual states from regulating AI, opening up a few more lines of defense from unfettered advancement.
Given the infancy of AI technology in 2025, it’s hard to say whether we’ll fulfill the many doomsday scenarios being pitched by some experts. Still, if businesses don’t heed these kinds of warning consistently, who knows where we could end up in the near future?
