{"id":1206,"date":"2026-09-18T00:00:51","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T16:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/btbitcoin.net\/index.php\/2026\/09\/18\/jamie-dimon-on-ai-oversight-it-should-be-light-touch\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T00:00:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T16:00:51","slug":"jamie-dimon-on-ai-oversight-it-should-be-light-touch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/btbitcoin.net\/index.php\/2026\/09\/18\/jamie-dimon-on-ai-oversight-it-should-be-light-touch\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamie Dimon on AI oversight: &#8216;It should be light touch&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Jamie Dimon is not known for being a fan of regulation, but this week he voiced support for a &#8220;light touch&#8221; form of federal oversight for the artificial intelligence industry, arguing\u00a0that differing state laws complicate AI commerce.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->&#8220;If it&#8217;s going to be anything, it should be federal. It should be light touch,&#8221; Dimon, the longtime CEO of JPMorgan Chase (JPM), said in a Wednesday interview.\u00a0&#8220;The government will have its own opinion, as will every state. \u2026 I do think that becomes an issue because it&#8217;s almost impossible to deal with commerce when you have different state laws for everything.&#8221;<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<figure data-testid=\"article-figure-image\" class=\"yf-750ceo\">\n<div class=\"image-container yf-1f8hkhu loader\">\n<div class=\"image-wrapper yf-1f8hkhu\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" alt=\"Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of JP Morgan Chase, speaks before President Donald Trump arrives at the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pa., during the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo\/Matt Rourke)\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" class=\"yf-1f8hkhu loader\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"yf-750ceo\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase, speaks before President Donald Trump arrives at the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pa., during the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo\/Matt Rourke)<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <span class=\"caption-separator yf-750ceo\" data-svelte-h=\"svelte-nxhdlu\">\u00b7<\/span> <span>AP Photo\/Matt Rourke<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Some of the tech industry&#8217;s biggest leaders in recent days have <u>called for pacing the development of frontier AI models<\/u> after Anthropic (ANTH.PVT) CEO Dario Amodei published a <u>lengthy essay<\/u> last Saturday that said labs need to take steps to prevent the technology from causing harm, including slower frontier model development and asking the government to regulate the broader industry.\u00a0<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START --><em>Read more: <\/em><em>JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon: &#8216;It&#8217;s not clear to me we&#8217;ve slayed inflation&#8217;<\/em><!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Tech executives have also begun to voice support for industry-led oversight.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->On Monday, President Trump took to Truth Social to slam the leaders for calling for a slower pace. Without his backing, federal regulation appears unlikely.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->&#8220;We haven&#8217;t been telling the government what the policy should be, but if we felt strongly about something, we&#8217;d tell them,&#8221; Dimon said.\u00a0<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->He added, &#8220;A lot of people are afraid when the government gets involved, it can do a pretty good job mucking things up. That doesn&#8217;t mean you shouldn&#8217;t have it. And so we really don&#8217;t know yet.&#8221;\u00a0<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Dimon&#8217;s comment comes as his bank and other rivals have been working with Anthropic ahead of the AI company&#8217;s planned IPO. JPMorgan<strong> <\/strong>was<strong> <\/strong>part of a syndicate finalizing a pre-IPO credit facility for the company earlier this month, according to a Bloomberg report.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->JPMorgan is already working with Anthropic on frontier model risks and talking with federal officials, Dimon said, as banks and the government work to establish new systems for coordinating cybersecurity vulnerabilities.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Although JPMorgan was the only lender named in the initial announcement of Anthropic&#8217;s Mythos working group, which gave companies early access to the then-frontier model, the initiative has since expanded to include more than one hundred other organizations.\u00a0<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->JPMorgan has been patching its own tech vulnerabilities, sharing its findings, and conducting broader investigations into the capabilities of these models, Dimon said. 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