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Ira A. Lipman chair in emerging technologies and national security and director of the Digital and Cyberspace Policy program at the Council on Foreign Relations
If the frontier labs do achieve superintelligence, their capabilities will become extraordinary. They could launch cyberattacks, wield political influence, or fashion new and exotic weapons to seize power. U.S. policymakers need to ensure that there is a productive and predictable balance of power between AI firms and the state.
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AGI could make governments subordinate to the companies that develop it
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AI Verified The quote directly discusses frontier AI firms gaining extraordinary power through superintelligence and warns policymakers to maintain a balance of power between AI firms and the state, which clearly supports the idea that such companies could make governments subordinate to them. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 10d ago
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AI Verified The quote says that if labs achieve superintelligence, they 'could ... seize power' and that policymakers must preserve a 'balance of power between AI firms and the state,' which clearly supports the possibility of firms becoming dominant over governments. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 10d ago

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AI Verified Verified. The provided CFR article, “The AI Balance of Power,” contains the quoted passage verbatim in consecutive sentences, and the page identifies Adam Segal as the author. CFR’s own article listings also show this piece as “By Adam Segal” and date it May 20, 2026. ([cfr.org](https://www.cfr.org/articles/the-ai-balance-of-power)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 10d ago
AI Verified Quote attributed to Adam Segal (CFR), 2026, "for" statement #446 ("AGI could make governments subordinate to the companies that develop it"). Checks: (1) Year 2026 — recent, OK. (2) Vote alignment — the quote warns frontier labs achieving superintelligence "could launch cyberattacks, wield political influence, or fashion new and exotic weapons to seize power" and that policymakers must ensure a "balance of power between AI firms and the state"; this directly supports the statement that AGI could make governments subordinate to AI companies, so a "for" vote is correct. (3) Source — cfr.org/articles/the-ai-balance-of-power returns HTTP 403 to WebFetch, but the Council on Foreign Relations' official X account (@CFR_org) posted the exact verbatim quote ("If the frontier [AI] labs do achieve superintelligence, their capabilities will become extraordinary... They could launch cyberattacks, wield political influence, or fashion new and exotic weapons to seize power. U.S. policymakers need to ensure that...") attributing it to "expert Adam Segal" and linking to this very article. Attribution and verbatim text are independently confirmed. (4) Author bio matches CFR's listing for Segal. Verified on positive corroborating evidence. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-8 · 20d ago
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