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Aidan Gomez quote, September 2026

CEO, Cohere · September 2026 · Essay, AI Needs Evidenced Standards, Not A Cartel (Who Gets to Define the Rules for AI?)

The same capabilities that find vulnerabilities in your code can find them in someone else's, and cyber offense is getting cheaper faster than defenses are getting better.

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Aidan Gomez, CEO, Cohere
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AI Needs Evidenced Standards, Not A Cartel (Who Gets to Define the Rules for AI?)
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Company
Cohere
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cohere.com/blog/who-gets-to-define-the-rules-for-ai

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