From CBS News · · 1m 10s
Utah's governor wants a seat at the AI table
Spencer Cox says the answer to AI is not hands-off government, it is government that shows up early.
In brief
Spencer Cox says the answer to AI is not hands-off government, it is government that shows up early. Cox's pitch: regulators should be in the room while AI rules are written, not reacting after the damage is done. Originally reported by CBS News.
A Republican asks for rules
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox went on Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan and argued the government has a job to do on AI.
Protect the public
That is the phrase Cox keeps coming back to. Not ban AI, not ignore it, but guard the people on the receiving end of it.
“protect the public”
He admits the doubt
Cox does not pretend regulators are reliable. He concedes government often gets this kind of thing wrong.
“government doesn't get this right often either”
Still, be in the room
His fix for that track record is presence, not retreat. Officials should sit with industry while the rules are still being shaped.
“we should be at the table working together”
Utah as the proof
Cox points at his own state as the example, saying that collaborative approach is already how Utah has handled AI.
“that's what we've done in Utah”
Come together
The ask is coordination across government rather than a patchwork of agencies and states each improvising their own answer.
The big picture
Cox's pitch: regulators should be in the room while AI rules are written, not reacting after the damage is done.
