The Real Reason Big AI Wants to Be Regulated | 9/14/26

The four biggest AI labs are now calling for regulation to slow the growth of artificial intelligence agents. Glenn explains how AI has stopped being a search engine and has become an unsupervised instrument, but does that give developers the power of control? Glenn tells the story of the famous GM “streetcar conspiracy,” which shows how regulation always hurts smaller businesses and boosts already-growing big operations. Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic, appeared on CBS’ "Face the Nation," where he claimed he’d be willing to give up the AI technology to the “right combination of governments.” What is going on with oil production and the price of gas? Glenn warns that darker days are coming and what you need to watch for. Glenn tells a story that has never been told before and discusses the unity Americans felt the day after 9/11. Can Americans ever become that way again? According to recent polling, Americans have fewer friends than they used to, and Glenn explains that politicians and elections won’t fix that.

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