Why AI’s Next Breakthroughs Could Come from Outside the Big Labs
Aaron Levie, Steven Sinofsky, and Martin Casado debate AI safety messaging, regulation, and where innovation is actually heading as big labs lose their grip.
The gist
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The trio argue 'pacing' AI is a meaningless concept because no one has defined the original speed it should slow down from.
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Labs should focus on concrete cybersecurity threats like agent swarms bypassing authentication, not abstract extinction scenarios that invite heavier regulation.
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The tech industry has repeatedly lost regulatory fights, from IBM to social media, because it underestimates how government works.
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Real AI innovation is moving to platform providers and app builders using new model architectures, not the big labs themselves.
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