'Big AI' is subverting regulations just like tobacco and oil firms

The Register
May 18, 2026, 10:45 am129 ptsTrending
The AI industry is copying techniques used by tobacco firms, big pharma and oil companies to influence governmental policy and regulation of itself, according to an academic study. Researchers at the University of Edinburgh, Trinity College Dublin, Delft University of Technology, and Carnegie Mellon University…

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