Got Milk?

Part of Big Tech's War on Users Six months of "too dangerous." Back in April it was Mythos, the model too dangerous to release. Over the summer it was agents breaking out of sandboxes and helping themselves to other people's servers. Over the last two weeks it's been a voluntary White House accord, an IPO prospectus with an end-of-the-world section, and Sam Altman telling everyone to accept some bad things. And today, finally, somebody with real power stood up and said the obvious thing out loud. AI needs actual rules. Binding ones. It was Brad Smith. Yes, that Brad Smith. The one from two weeks ago, whose company still hasn't named a number. Less Regulated Than Milk Smith sat down with the BBC's Big Boss Interview podcast, and the BBC's write-up leads with the line that's going to get quoted everywhere: your washing machine and your carton of milk are both subject to more safety rules than AI is. I'll be honest, that's a good line. It's also true. The wish list behind it isn't bad…