Lehane raised his voice, but his words were measured. He crossed the flagstones, nodding toward the murmuring lights in the chamber.
“We’re at a crossroads,” he said, steady as a judge on a case that matters to millions. He outlined a strategy: keep the debate low profile and push legislators to adopt bills that, while protecting citizens, won’t slow the rise of open‑source artificial minds.
He wants hush now.
He explained that the noise from tech critics, privacy advocates, and a few billion‑dollar investors threatens to drown out the engineers who push the frontier. If a state pushes hard for sweeping bans, the company could lose its workforce and its license to innovate. Instead, he wants tailored rules—legal fences that let the AI bubble grow but stay in check. Meanwhile, other states flutter in uncertainty, ready to cut out the factories at a glance.
In the balance.
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