Cato Warns AI Pause Would Entrench Dominant Firms, Dorsey Backs Independent Testing

The split here is less about safety than about who sets the rules. Cato's voluntary approach and Dorsey's narrower, testing-focused stance both push governance away from broad mandates, which tends to favor incumbents with the resources to shape standards. The open question is whether independent testing can function as a credible middle path, or whether it becomes a checkbox that dominant firms absorb while smaller developers bear the compliance cost.