Recently, fierce clashes broke out between tech giants and lawmakers over California Senator Scott Wiener’s bill aimed at strengthening artificial intelligence supervision. Tech giants, including partners at Andreessen Horowitz and Microsoft executives, jointly opposed the bill, claiming it would have a negative impact on tech companies. However, the bill is actually designed to protect small models and startups, with tech giants’ opposition accused of misleading false information that misleads the public and legislators.
Recently, a group of tech giants and venture capitalists jointly issued a statement opposing the SB1047 bill proposed by California Senator Scott Wiener. The bill aims to strengthen regulation of artificial intelligence and has sparked strong opposition from the technology industry.
Marc Andreessen Horowitz, founding partners, and Ben Horowitz, along with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Brad Smith, President and Chief Legal Officer. Brad Smith) jointly issued a statement opposing the SB1047 Act. They claim the bill will have a negative impact on both startups and large tech companies.
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But in fact, the proposed law specifically protects small models and startups. Anderson and Horowitz's statements are considered false information, trying to mislead the public and legislators.
The farce is part of the established strategy for large tech companies. They operate at the state level, trying to undermine the state bill while requiring the federal government to provide solutions. This strategy is to protect their interests, rather than really caring about the development of startups and small models.
Anderson and Horowitz's statements raised what is called "policy opportunities" in an attempt to mislead the public and legislators. They support "various responsible market-oriented approaches", but in fact they hope that the government will stop supervision and let the industry decide which supervision is worth weighing.
Anderson and Horowitz also tried to mislead the public and legislators regarding copyright law. They claim that copyright law prevents machines from using data, but in fact, copyright law is to protect intellectual property rights and ensures that creators can obtain real value.
They claim the statement is to protect the interests of large tech companies, rather than really caring about the development of startups and small models. Their strategy is to try to mislead the public and legislators, undermine regulations and protect their interests.
The debate surrounding the SB1047 Act exposes the interests-driven and strategic behavior of large tech companies on the issue of AI regulation. They try to influence the legislative process through misleading remarks, with the ultimate goal of safeguarding their own interests rather than promoting the healthy development of the artificial intelligence industry. This has sparked concerns about the power and impact of tech giants, and also highlighted the need to strengthen AI regulation.