Lina Khan points to existing legal authority over dangerous AI products
Former Federal Trade Commission chair; statement posted from her verified X account.
“Law enforcers already have authority to charge companies and their CEOs for creating and releasing dangerous, unvetted, or defective products.”
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Direct post arguing that existing law can reach dangerous, unvetted, or defective products and that discussion of new legal regimes should not distract from current enforcement authority.
Before the quotation
Khan responded to debate over whether AI companies need a new legal regime for safety and accountability.
After the quotation
The statement supports using existing enforcement authority while leaving the need for additional statutory safeguards unresolved.
How this statement is classified
Case context: Should Washington impose stronger safeguards on frontier AI?
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Why this label?
Khan supports enforcement safeguards using existing law and cautions against treating discussion of new legal regimes as the only relevant framework.
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Should Washington impose stronger safeguards on frontier AI?
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