{"slug": "silicon-valley-shouldnt-self-regulate-on-ai-safety-cohere-ceo-says", "title": "Silicon Valley shouldn’t self-regulate on AI safety, Cohere CEO says", "summary": "Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez told the national investment summit in Toronto on Sept. 15, 2026 that a \"small group of companies in Silicon Valley\" should not be left in charge of ensuring AI safety, warning that Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's call for the U.S. government to loosen antitrust restrictions to allow companies to work on AI safety should raise red flags. Gomez said AI risks are real but solutions will come from the public and government in consultation with industry, and praised U.S. President Donald Trump's opposition to self-regulation, calling for globally co-ordinated action.", "body_md": "TORONTO — Aidan Gomez, CEO of Canadian AI company Cohere, says a \"small group of companies in Silicon Valley\" shouldn't be left in charge of ensuring AI is safe.\n\nAI industry leaders have been warning about the dangers of the technology since an Anthropic researcher who quit last week said people in the industry fear AI could \"kill us all.\"\n\nGomez told the national investment summit in Toronto today a call by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei for the U.S. government to loosen antitrust restrictions to allow companies to work on AI safety should raise red flags.\n\nGomez said that the risks of AI technology are real but the solutions will come from the public and government, in consultation with industry.\n\nHe praised U.S. President Donald Trump's opposition to calls for self-regulation.\n\nGomez said the risks posed by AI must be confronted in a globally co-ordinated way.\n\nThis report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 15, 2026.\n\n— Written by Anja Karadeglia in Ottawa and Craig Lord in Toronto\n\nThe Canadian Press", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/silicon-valley-shouldnt-self-regulate-on-ai-safety-cohere-ceo-says", "canonical_source": "https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/silicon-valley-shouldn-t-self-175140722.html", "published_at": "2026-09-15 17:51:40+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-15 18:20:42.745250+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-safety", "ai-policy", "ai-ethics"], "entities": ["Cohere", "Aidan Gomez", "Anthropic", "Dario Amodei", "Donald Trump", "Silicon Valley", "Toronto", "The Canadian Press"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/silicon-valley-shouldnt-self-regulate-on-ai-safety-cohere-ceo-says", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/silicon-valley-shouldnt-self-regulate-on-ai-safety-cohere-ceo-says.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/silicon-valley-shouldnt-self-regulate-on-ai-safety-cohere-ceo-says.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/silicon-valley-shouldnt-self-regulate-on-ai-safety-cohere-ceo-says.jsonld"}}