For too long, governments have stood by and allowed the creation of business models built on the commercial exploitation of users’ personal data and that reward social and psychological manipulation. With the AI industry poised to replicate this model, policymakers must intervene before it is too late.
WASHINGTON, DC—Megan Garcia did not set out to become one of the most consequential figures in the fight to regulate AI. A lawyer and mother of three, Garcia is the kind of parent who notices things. When her eldest child, Sewell, turned 14, he quit the basketball team, retreated to his bedroom, and grew quiet in disconcerting ways. Instead of ignoring the changes, she restricted his screen time and took his phone away as punishment; but even that wasn’t enough.
WASHINGTON, DC—Megan Garcia did not set out to become one of the most consequential figures in the fight to regulate AI. A lawyer and mother of three, Garcia is the kind of parent who notices things. When her eldest child, Sewell, turned 14, he quit the basketball team, retreated to his bedroom, and grew quiet in disconcerting ways. Instead of ignoring the changes, she restricted his screen time and took his phone away as punishment; but even that wasn’t enough.