The Wild West of A.I. Needs to End. Here’s How.

The Wild West of A.I. Needs to End. Here’s How.

Published: September 24, 2026

Duration: 35:09

It isn’t normal to see the people developing new technology “running around shouting that the sky is falling,” Binyamin Appelbaum argues. So how do we make A.I. safe? By regulating it. Appelbaum, the lead writer on economics and business for The Times’s editorial board, joins the Opinion science writer David Wallace-Wells to discuss.

(The New York Times has sued OpenAI and Microsoft claiming copyright infringement. The companies have denied those claims.)

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This episode of “The Opinions” was produced by Derek Arthur. It was edited by Ka...