{"slug": "the-ai-backlash-intensifies-china-gains-on-the-us-leaders-and-ibm-tanks", "title": "The AI backlash intensifies, China gains on the US leaders, and IBM tanks", "summary": "AI leaders and economists called for new regulatory approaches as backlash against artificial intelligence intensifies, while China narrows the gap with US AI leaders and IBM's AI investments falter.", "body_md": "# The AI backlash intensifies, China gains on the US leaders, and IBM tanks\n\nBy Robert HofSource:\n\n[SiliconANGLE](https://siliconangle.com)You know a technology is getting serious acceptance when even people in the business shift from telling the government to butt out to calling for more regulation. This is where we’re at with [artificial intelligence](/glossary/artificial-intelligence) today. A raft of AI leaders and economists this week called for a new regulatory approach to AI in part […]\n\nThe post [The AI backlash intensifies, China gains on the US leaders, and IBM tanks](https://siliconangle.com/2026/07/17/ai-backlash-intensifies-china-gains-us-leaders-ibm-tanks/) appeared first on [SiliconANGLE](https://siliconangle.com).\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-ai-backlash-intensifies-china-gains-on-the-us-leaders-and-ibm-tanks", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/the-ai-backlash-intensifies-china-gains-on-the-us-leaders-an-mwrb", "published_at": "2026-07-17 14:00:13+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-17 16:34:12.392536+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-policy", "ai-ethics"], "entities": ["IBM", "China", "SiliconANGLE"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-ai-backlash-intensifies-china-gains-on-the-us-leaders-and-ibm-tanks", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-ai-backlash-intensifies-china-gains-on-the-us-leaders-and-ibm-tanks.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-ai-backlash-intensifies-china-gains-on-the-us-leaders-and-ibm-tanks.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-ai-backlash-intensifies-china-gains-on-the-us-leaders-and-ibm-tanks.jsonld"}}