Incentives Shape Corporate Behavior

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Massive companies, like Amazon and Microsoft, are fundamentally bound by the incentives that dictate their operations. The mission of their policy teams focuses solely on acquiring and maintaining regulatory and legal flexibility, which constrains their ability to engage policymakers on broader issues. This creates a cycle where companies are not incentivized to change their behavior, thereby reinforcing existing power dynamics within the tech industry.

AI is moving fast. And as companies race to rollout newer, more capable models–with little regard for safety–the downstream risks of those models become harder and harder to counter. On this week’s episode of Your Undivided Attention, CHT’s policy director Casey Mock comes on the show to discuss a new legal framework to incentivize better AI, one that holds AI companies liable for the harms of their products.

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