Whistleblower urges AI labs to self-regulate ahead of federal rules

Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon told NBC that Congress should let leading frontier AI labs regulate themselves for now while a flexible regulatory framework is built, arguing a 'kill switch' may be insufficient against future distributed AI threats and that policy must adapt quickly to new models. His remarks come amid renewed calls from AI lab leaders and lawmakers to slow AI development and to craft guardrails, as debates over regulation and national security continue to intensify.