Morning Edition · Friday, July 31, 2026Published at 2:00 AM EDT · New York
Zuckerberg Urges Washington to Accelerate AI Rather Than Restrict It
In a Wall Street Journal op-ed the Meta chief argued the benefits of broad AI distribution outweigh the risks, days after conceding internally that Meta's agent work has not accelerated as expected.
Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg used a Wall Street Journal opinion column to press the US government to speed domestic AI development rather than constrain it, arguing the benefits of distributing AI broadly outweigh the risks "by quit…
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