Platform CEOs Write Toothless AI Pledges

Big tech CEOs may author or cajole voluntary, high‑profile 'safety' statements that are intentionally weak, using them to claim moral cover while their firms race to scale capabilities. Those company‑crafted pacts can both legitimize a laissez‑faire regulatory stance and lock in commercial advantages before enforceable rules appear. — If true, this pattern means regulatory windows close as incumbents bootstrap permissive norms, making later safety interventions politically and technically harder.