The power struggles and fallouts at leading AI firms in the last 18 months have given generative AI the reputation of the American frontier: lawless and ungovernable. Not only are dissenters ousted, but the large AI firms are trying to write the rules for the laws that will govern their disruptive technology. In the US, California State Senator Scott Wiener is attempting to regulate large-scale artificial intelligence systems with the ‘Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act’, or SB 1047. The act purports to set protections for whistleblowers and establish legal standards for AI developers. But it must also appease the AI firms that play such a crucial role in its economy, some of which argue that…