{"slug": "ai-has-no-future-without-credible-regulation", "title": "AI has no future without credible regulation", "summary": "A Supreme Court ruling and a Cyclospora outbreak linked to contaminated lettuce signal the weakening of federal government capabilities, posing a warning to the AI industry about the dangers of deregulation, according to an analysis. The ruling in Trump v. Slaughter allows the president to fire heads of independent agencies at will, while budget cuts under Elon Musk's DOGE gutted federal agencies and halted Cyclospora reporting, sickening over 11,500 people. The piece argues that AI has no future without credible regulation.", "body_md": "A Supreme Court ruling and an outbreak of explosive diarrhea seem to have nothing in common, and certainly nothing to do with artificial intelligence. But they’re a warning to the AI industry about the danger of getting exactly what it wished for. On June 29, in Trump v. Slaughter, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the president can fire the heads of independent agencies at will. For almost a century such agencies have been shielded from political interference, with presidents only able to fire their leaders for cause. Meanwhile, a Cyclospora outbreak in contaminated iceberg lettuce has sickened more than 11,500 people. Both are signs of the weakening capabilities of the federal government. When Elon Musk — who leads xAI, a major AI company — ran DOGE, he gutted federal agencies, drove out many of their most experienced people, and left the rest demoralized, with Gallup finding a sharp drop in job satisfaction and a rise in burnout. Amid the same budget cuts, the network that tracks foodborne illness stopped requiring states to report Cyclospora. Food safety was one of the causes t", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-has-no-future-without-credible-regulation", "canonical_source": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/opinion/20260728/ai-has-no-future-without-credible-regulation?utm_source=rss", "published_at": "2026-07-28 00:52:03+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-28 00:57:14.820505+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy"], "entities": ["Supreme Court", "Trump v. Slaughter", "Elon Musk", "xAI", "DOGE", "Gallup"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-has-no-future-without-credible-regulation", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-has-no-future-without-credible-regulation.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-has-no-future-without-credible-regulation.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-has-no-future-without-credible-regulation.jsonld"}}