Privatized gains, socialized losses: Congress must forcefully say no to Big AI
By Zander Cowan, opinion contributor · Oct 6, 2026, 8:30 AM CDT
You cannot privatize gains, socialize losses and ask for a permission slip for everything that could go wrong in between.
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