SMRTR AIJun 24, 2026Recode

Who gave AI companies the right to build the future?

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AI companies like Anthropic are building powerful, potentially world-altering technology without public consent, then asking society to regulate it afterward. Like Oppenheimer justifying the hydrogen bomb because it was "technically sweet," today's AI leaders are driven by the same irresistible pull of elegant technology — building first, governing later.

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