What AI CEOs still don't get about Washington

AI CEOs' lofty pitches for AI governance may end up being pipe dreams in a town that routinely fumbles tech policy. OpenAI's new industrial policy paper describes AI changing the world on a scale similar to the Industrial Revolution, requiring aggressive policies like tax reform or a four-day workweek, while others have been floated by progressives for decades, such as boosting child care. Anthropic's policy ideas have skewed more toward internal governance and transparency, such as economic audits to determine AI's impact on jobs, along with stricter export controls and greater government evaluation of AI systems. But Silicon Valley and Washington are often speaking different languages: One moves fast and breaks things, while the other moves slowly—if at all.