JD Vance: "If you're gonna create Frankenstein, don't come to the government and say we need regulation"
Vice President of the United States
“If you're gonna create Frankenstein, don't come to the government and say we need regulation... Look inward and accept that if you're building Frankenstein, No 1, you should stop and No 2, when companies come to you and say: 'We need the tools to fight back against Frankenstein,' give them those tools.”
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Reports Vance's remarks at an AI summit in Los Angeles dismissing calls for AI regulation.
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Speaking at an AI summit in Los Angeles on September 16, 2026, addressing calls for regulation from industry figures including Dario Amodei.
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The remarks put Vance publicly in line with Trump's prior rejection of added AI restraint in this case.
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Case context: Should Washington impose stronger safeguards on frontier AI?
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Vance directly rejects the premise that companies building powerful AI systems should be able to seek government regulation in response, consistent with how other statements opposing new AI safeguards in this case (Trump, Mike Johnson, Jensen Huang) have been classified.
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