Big technology companies are deploying advocacy campaigns and policy arguments to counter a widening public and regulatory backlash against artificial intelligence, according to industry reporting and opinion surveys. The push comes as Americans express rising unease about the technology. Pew Research found that 52% of respondents are “more concerned than excited” about the increased use of AI in daily life, up from 37% in an earlier survey [1].
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has described the backlash as “fundamentally a crisis of trust,” according to TechCrunch [2]. The industry’s response has included public outreach, voluntary safety pledges, and opposition to specific oversight proposals.
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