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Expert opinions on Regulations
Quotes, votes and policy statements on Regulations from AI researchers, executives and policymakers.
1615 sourced quotes · 38 statements · 81% for / 17% against overall
Featuring: António Guterres Maria Cantwell Jerry Moran European Commission Dario Amodei Yoshua Bengio
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[🇪🇸 Congreso, Feb 2026] Incentivizing AI adoption in companies to enhance workforce talent
13 opinions
For (13)Maria CantwellU.S. Senator from Washingtonvotes For and says:Small businesses are the foundation of our economy and AI has the potential to help them maximize opportunities.
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Ban autonomous lethal weapons
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For (43)Pope Leo XIVHead of the Catholic Churchvotes For and says:It is not permissible to entrust lethal or otherwise irreversible decisions to artificial systems. [...] The decision to use lethal force cannot be delegated to opaque or automated processes, but must remain under effective, self-aware and responsibl...
more AI Verified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Abstain (1)Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (France)France’s foreign ministryabstains and says:At first, lethal autonomous weapons systems that cannot guarantee use in conformity with international humanitarian law — that is, systems that are intrinsically indiscriminate; systems whose effects cannot be limited, anticipated and controlled; sys...
more AI Verified source (2025)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (24)Vinod KhoslaVenture capitalist; Khosla Ventures foundervotes Against and says:Personal view: I admire @AnthropicAI sticking by their principles but disagree with the principle itself. Putin won't fight fair so we should have autonomous AI weapons for sure.
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Require human-in-the-loop oversight for agentic AI systems acting in high-stakes domains
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For (44)Adam SchiffU.S. Senator from California; former House Intelligence Committee chairvotes For and says:There are good reasons to use AI technology to advance our national security, however — just as with any tool, we cannot depend on technology alone to guide us, particularly when the risks of harm can be fatal. My legislation would [...] ensure that ...
more AI Verified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (10)Yann LeCunComputer scientist, AI researchervotes Against and says:Objective-driven AI systems will be safe and will remain under our control, because we set their objectives and guardrails and they can't deviate from them. Agentic systems can plan action sequences to accomplish a task, subject to safety guardrails ...
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For (46)Regional Court of Munich I (Landgericht München I)German regional court; issued the 2026 ruling (Case 26 O 869/26) holding Google directly liable for false statements generated by its AI Overviewsvotes For and says:
[Google's AI Overviews are] the defendant's own statements [...] it alone has influence over the AI's offering and the algorithms with which the AI operates.
AI Verified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (10)OpenAIAI research organizationvotes Against and says:We support approaches like this because they focus on what matters most: Reducing the risk of serious harm from the most advanced AI systems while still allowing this technology to get into the hands of the people and businesses — small and big — of ...
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Mandate reporting of AI training runs above 10²⁶ FLOPs to a designated national or international authority
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For (12)Diana KelleyCybersecurity expert; CISO at Noma Security; former Cybersecurity Field CTO at Microsoft and IBM Security executivevotes For and says:Voluntary security programs can work, but only when they create real accountability. [...] Without that structure, a voluntary process could look reassuring without materially reducing risk.
AI Verified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Abstain (5)Mayer BrownInternational law firmabstains and says:According to the proposed rule, a covered US person will be required to provide quarterly reports to BIS if the US person “engages in, or plans, within six months, to engage in ‘applicable activities.’” “Applicable activities” include: “Conducting a...
more Unverified source (2024)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (3)David SacksWhite House AI and crypto czarvotes Against and says:The change in the EO from a 90 day to 30 day period is a game changer because it allows our AI labs to comply with the voluntary framework without delaying new model releases.
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States should retain the right to set stricter AI safety standards than the federal government
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For (30)Cesar FernandezHead of U.S. State and Local Government Relations at Anthropicvotes For and says:SB 315 takes the safety practices leading labs already follow voluntarily—publishing a safety framework, transparent reporting, protecting whistleblowers—and helps establish a baseline that every leading AI developer is expected to meet. [...] Illino...
more AI Verified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (9)Jay ObernolteU.S. Representative from Californiavotes Against and says:Rather than allow protections to exist in only a handful of states or force innovators to navigate dozens of different legal regimes, our framework would establish one national standard.
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For (37)Tom CottonU.S. Senator from Arkansas (Republican); member of the Senate Intelligence and Armed Services Committeesvotes For and says:
Communist China and its accomplices continue to smuggle advanced AI chips to undermine the US and threaten our national security. My bipartisan Chips Security Act would ensure our chips don't illegally fall into the hands of our adversaries.
Unverified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (9)Sebastian MallabyPaul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations; author and former Economist and Washington Post journalistvotes Against and says:Back in 2022, I supported the Biden chip-export controls on China. After a week with Chinese AI researchers and tech leaders, I've changed my mind. The controls are not working, and they obstruct another strategy that just might work. [...]
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For (14)Anthony AguirrePhysicist; Future of Life cofoundervotes For and says:
We are approaching a runaway to superintelligence that could threaten our shared human future. Both publicly and privately, AI companies are recognizing that a pause or slowdown in certain developmental pathways is crucial to protect lives and liveli...
more AI Verified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Abstain (2)Samar AnsariComputer security researcherabstains and says:the mechanisms most needed for treaty verification [...] are also the least mature.
AI Verified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (5)David SacksWhite House AI and crypto czarvotes Against and says:Signs you might be trying to get your frontier AI lab nationalized: You compare it to nukes… threaten half of white-collar jobs… warn recursive self-improvement could end humanity… then race ahead anyway. In other words, you want the government to sa...
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For (33)Óscar López ÁguedaSpanish digital transformation minister.votes For and says:
La protección de los menores en internet y la regulación de la IA constituyen un asunto de primer orden.
AI Verified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (3)Juan Luis Pedreño MolinaSpanish deputy (PP)votes Against and says:Members of the Socialist Party, theoretically today you come to tell us that artificial intelligence must be regulated, and you associate it with the most vulnerable people. [...] Look: what you propose already exists. The Artificial Intelligence Act...
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AI value alignment must be subject to public deliberation, not decided by developers alone
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For (27)Oliver EscobarChair of Public Policy and Democratic Innovation at the University of Edinburgh; deliberative democracy scholar and citizens' assembly designervotes For and says:AI is reshaping public services, democratic institutions and everyday life at a pace that has outrun meaningful public input. The Data and AI Exchange was designed to show that when stakeholders are given the time and structure to deliberate seriousl...
more AI Verified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Abstain (2)Smitha MilliMeta research scientistabstains and says:I definitely don't think we should align it to a specific philosophical theory that is not really robust for the real world, but actually getting public input for a lot of topics is very difficult because the public has not had the time to think abou...
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Ban the use of AI for mass surveillance
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For (55)Jeff MerkleyU.S. Senator from Oregonvotes For and says:For years, I've been ringing the alarm bells about the dangers of a national surveillance state built on facial recognition technology. Now, we're seeing Trump's lawless federal agents deploy this technology on our streets across the nation as he tri...
more AI Verified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (15)U.S. Customs and Border ProtectionU.S. border and customs agencyvotes Against and says:Facial biometrics is the bedrock of what we're trying to do to make sure that we know who the people are that are coming into this country, and that all the vetting and security, the apparatus that we have that goes beyond it, is really compounded on...
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For (17)Yoshua BengioAI Pioneer, Turing Award winnervotes For and says:
There needs to be an agency really in charge of overseeing these kinds of decisions. [...] As the power of AI continues to grow, this question of international commitment becomes pressing.
AI Verified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (12)Lauren LovelaceU.S. Mission counselor at the United Nationsvotes Against and says:[This is] a significant overreach of the U.N.'s mandate and competence. We will not cede authority over AI to international bodies that may be influenced by authoritarian regimes seeking to impose their vision of controlled surveillance societies.
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For (23)Alex BoresNew York State Assemblymembervotes For and says:
We need to take heed when the leaders in this field say that there need to be safety precautions taken with this rapidly developing technology. The RAISE Act will ensure there are protocols in place in the event of a major security risk and help New ...
more AI Verified source (2025)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (1)David SacksWhite House AI and crypto czarvotes Against and says:If you have to report to 50 different state regulators at 50 different times with 50 different definitions, it's extremely onerous. And it's going to slow down innovation, and it's going to hinder our progress in the AI race.
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For (56)Alex BoresNew York State Assemblymembervotes For and says:
New York is poised to be the first government in the United States to do what Americans have been screaming for: require basic guardrails for AI safety. Developers have promised to keep us safe, and this bipartisan bill simply ensures that they keep ...
more AI Verified source (2025)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (8)Jason OxmanPresident and CEO of the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI), a global tech industry trade associationvotes Against and says:The U.S. leads when it promotes innovation and security through voluntary frameworks rather than regulation.
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For (26)Andy OglesU.S. Representative for Tennessee's 5th congressional district (Republican); chairman of a House Homeland Security subcommittee overseeing cybersecurityvotes For and says:
[What] was frightening about this demonstration was how readily available some of this content or software is on kind of the black market right now, and how it can be weaponized and used to manipulate people, destroy lives and build weapons of mass d...
more AI Unverifiable source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Abstain (5)Moritz HankeBiosecurity researcher at Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security; expert on AI-enabled biological threatsabstains and says:In a time dominated by open-weight biological AI models developed across the globe, limiting access to sensitive pathogen data to legitimate researchers might be one of the most promising avenues for risk reduction.
AI Verified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (16)David BakerBiochemist; Director of the Institute for Protein Design at the University of Washington; 2024 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry for computational protein design; HHMI investigatorvotes Against and says:We've always made the assessment that the benefits to the world far outweigh the dangers. [...] as capabilities increase, I think that's going to be an important question to keep considering.
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