Proposing that AI giants regulate each other sounds like a safety measure, but mechanically it functions as a blueprint for an industry cartel. By requiring mutual auditing and shared compliance standards, incumbent firms would effectively build a regulatory moat that prices out open-source competitors. The real battleground to watch is how antitrust authorities react to these proposed oversight alliances as the line between safety protocol and monopolistic collusion blurs. Read the full analysis to see how this peer-review model could quietly rewrite the global tech hierarchy before Congress even acts.
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