US Speaker Mike Johnson says no moratorium on AI, would give China competitive edge

US House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Tuesday there cannot be a moratorium on artificial intelligence development without losing the competitive edge to China and that AI companies can regulate themselves.

“They can self-regulate. They don’t need the government to tell them to slow it down. If they want to slow it down, they should,” Johnson told reporters. “We cannot have a moratorium on the development of AI, Ok? Because then we will lose our edge to China, and that has serious national security implications for every American family.”