# Gallego on AI leaders backing slowdown: ‘Akin to Dr. Frankenstein telling us “The monster is loose”’

> Source: <https://thehill.com/policy/technology/6086821-senator-ruben-gallego-ai-regulation/>
> Published: 2026-09-13 16:48:02+00:00

Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) pushed for more artificial intelligence regulation in the wake of tech leaders pressing for slowing down the technology’s development. “This isn’t previous tech. Previous tech could not make a decision to kill us, right? When we turned on the internet, it did not have autonomy, right?” Gallego told CNN’s Jake Tapper…