By Taylor Penley
Publication Date: 2025-12-21 19:50:00
Royal Hansen, vice president of privacy, safety and security engineering at Google, weighs in on the push to slow AI development, whether the U.S. is equipped to win the AI race on the energy front and the next frontier for innovation.
Google executive Royal Hansen responded to some lawmakers’ calls to slow the development of artificial intelligence (AI) in the U.S., emphasizing the need to develop and use the technology responsibly rather than fall behind other countries.
“It’s really… this idea of being responsible as we invest in and develop AI because there’s a lot of upside to using AI well, whether it’s in energy production or healthcare or science,” he told “The Sunday Briefing.”
“But in cybersecurity,” he continued, “it’s an area where we need to keep people safe, help people learn to use AI well at the same time.”
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