# 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.
- Title: Utah's governor wants a seat at the AI table · CBS News
- Summary: 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…
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## 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.
## Key takeaway

Cox's pitch: regulators should be in the room while AI rules are written, not reacting after the damage is done.