IBM CEO Arvind Krishna warns Washington must find ‘Goldilocks’ middle ground on AI regulation

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna warns Washington must find ‘Goldilocks’ middle ground on AI regulation

By Kristen Altus
Publication Date: 2026-05-05 20:22:00

In an exclusive interview on FOX Business’ “The Claman Countdown,” IBM Chairman and CEO Arvind Krishna issued a direct warning to Washington: Finding the “Goldilocks” middle ground on artificial intelligence regulation is essential to maintaining American dominance.

“Look, I think we live in a regulated world and that is good to have the guardrails around innovation. If I look at it, the banking regulators did not say that AI is a different technology. They were always going to regulate the use case of it, whether it’s in payments or it’s in terms of customer service. In healthcare, the same thing applies. In telecom, the same thing applies. So there is always a level of government oversight,” Krishna explained to host Liz Claman.

“And I get back to the balance between too many regulations, it’s terrible, too few,” he added. “We may not…