Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has rejected calls for a new AI self-regulatory body, arguing that existing laws already provide enough protection against harmful AI.
His remarks came just a day after the crypto exchange disclosed that AI now writes over 95% of its code, more than twice the figure the company reported earlier in the year.
It all started with a proposal from Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis on July 14, where he called for the creation of a federally overseen standards body to test and certify frontier AI models before they are deployed.
According to him, artificial general intelligence could arrive within a few years, with increasingly capable models possibly introducing cybersecurity and biological risks as well as a multitude of national security issues. He therefore proposed a public-private organization, much like the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, that would at first conduct voluntary reviews before potentially moving to mandatory testing for the most advanced AI systems.
Reactions from Hassabis’ peers were quick, with tech entrepreneur Chamath Palihapitiya calling the framework “quite well reasoned, and OpenAI’s Sam Altman describing it as “a thoughtful proposal.” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella also chipped in, calling it “an important piece” and adding that the goal should be to avoid “any model that breaks the world.”
However, Armstrong disagreed, maintaining that such arrangements often create a dual approval process that forces businesses to satisfy both state regulators and industry bodies. He insisted that AI needs neither an SRO nor a government watchdog, since, so far, there has been no harm done that couldn’t be compensated.
“Why design regulation around a hypothetical problem,” the crypto chief posited. “The existing laws which prevent fraud, award damages when victims are harmed (tort), UDAP Laws (Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices) etc provide broad protections if one of the frontier labs issues a model that does harm.”
Furthermore, he pointed out that AI developers also have a strong commercial incentive to release safe products since users will most likely avoid tools they consider dangerous.
Armstrong’s interest in the direction of AI isn’t a passing fad, considering the company he heads has deeply embedded AI use in its processes.
This was revealed by a colleague of his, Coinbase’s head of platform Rob Witoff, who recently told Cointelegraph that between 95% and 100% of the crypto exchange’s code is now written by or with large language models, more than doubling an estimate the company shared in February of roughly 40%.
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小靓分析：
🦊 小靓解读
Coinbase CEO 反对成立新的AI监管机构，认为现有法律足够应对风险，这反映出加密行业对过度监管的警惕。同时，Coinbase 超95%代码由AI编写，显示AI已深度渗透加密技术底层。
📊 市场影响
短期对Coinbase（COIN）股价和平台生态影响有限，但AI在加密领域的应用加速可能提升相关代币（如FET、AGIX）的关注度。长期看，监管博弈可能影响AI+加密项目的合规成本。
💡 操作建议
建议关注AI概念币种的技术面突破信号，但需注意监管不确定性带来的波动风险。可结合网格策略在支撑位附近低吸，避免追高。
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