{"slug": "washington-balks-at-giving-ai-firms-waiver-to-create-safety-standard", "title": "Washington balks at giving AI firms waiver to create safety standard", "summary": "Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's call for an antitrust waiver allowing AI firms to collaborate on a safety standard is drawing skepticism in Washington, where policymakers are questioning tech leaders' intentions. Congress has repeatedly failed to pass AI regulations for years, and some lawmakers are balking at the idea of technology companies taking the lead on setting safety standards.", "body_md": "Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s call for an antitrust waiver for AI firms to work together on a safety standard is being met with skepticism in Washington, where policymakers are questioning tech leaders’ intentions.  Congress has failed repeatedly to pass AI regulations for years, but some lawmakers are balking at the idea of technology companies taking…", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/washington-balks-at-giving-ai-firms-waiver-to-create-safety-standard", "canonical_source": "https://thehill.com/policy/technology/6093542-washington-skeptical-ai-antitrust-waiver-push/", "published_at": "2026-09-17 10:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-17 10:24:47.596386+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-safety", "ai-policy", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Anthropic", "Dario Amodei", "Congress", "Washington"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/washington-balks-at-giving-ai-firms-waiver-to-create-safety-standard", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/washington-balks-at-giving-ai-firms-waiver-to-create-safety-standard.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/washington-balks-at-giving-ai-firms-waiver-to-create-safety-standard.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/washington-balks-at-giving-ai-firms-waiver-to-create-safety-standard.jsonld"}}