Palantir CEO Alex Karp called for “reasonable guidelines” on regulating artificial intelligence and said nationalization may be necessary as leaders deliberate the risks of the technology. “You have to find a way to set reasonable guidelines that are enforced, but you can’t do it,” he told CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” on Thursday. “The first line of defense is that you are responsible for your own actions.” Karp repeatedly referred to the risks and responsibilities linked to the construction of this powerful technology, and called for the nationalization of artificial intelligence laboratories and the civil and criminal liabilities of technology builders “who are not responsible.” “The opinion I think they have is that these companies should be nationalized because if they are not nationalized, each and every one of my clients is going to sue,” he said. The tech executive’s comments come as policymakers and tech leaders fiercely debate how to regulate sophisticated AI models after researchers warned of the technology’s dire risks to humanity. Anthropic’s Dario Amodei weighed in over the weekend, calling for a slowdown at the border. As calls for AI regulation unite Amodei’s unlikely rivals, OpenAI’s Sam Altman and SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, President Donald Trump has responded, calling AI a “hoax” in several social media posts over the past few days. Tech CEOs including Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg have also joined his side. Zuckerberg said on X this week that AI labs that don’t “focus on alignment will be left behind.” OpenAI on Wednesday revealed six new cases of “unexpected or concerning” model behavior in the past six months. This comes on top of the Hugging Face breach, which sparked a debate about broader AI security precautions. “We need to get serious,” Karp told CNBC. The AI scare also sparked a legislative push in Washington and renewed calls for oversight. Choose CNBC as your preferred source on Google and never miss a moment from the most trusted name in business news.
