Bloomberg Surveillance · Monday, September 14, 2026
Jennifer Huddleston of the Cato Institute argues that individual companies should have the right to slow down AI development if they choose, but government mandates could stifle innovation. She suggests that industry norms and self-regulation may be more adaptive to the dynamic AI space than static government policies, which can quickly become outdated.
“There is a significant difference between companies choosing to pause and a government mandate that could pause all that AI development.”
“If an individual company wants to not advance with their product, they have the right as an innovator, as an entrepreneur to say, this is where we're stopping.”
“But what we will likely see in those cases is others in the market, this is a very competitive market, continue with some of those beneficial applications of more advanced AI.”