Anthropic Co-Founder Chris Olah Urges AI Regulation From Outside The Tech Industry

At a Vatican event tied to Pope Leo XIV’s first AI encyclical, Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah called for broader oversight of AI beyond tech companies.

He warned that AI is advancing too quickly to be governed by industry alone and could drive mass job displacement, unequal access, and misuse by powerful actors.

Olah argued that governments, religious institutions, and civil society should all have a role in shaping AI rules and ethical guardrails.

The remarks add momentum to growing calls for outside oversight of frontier AI as governments debate how to regulate the technology's impact on work, security, and power.