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Sen. Chris Murphy says a single image from this week’s G7 summit captures one of his deepest fears about the growing power of the tech industry: the chief executives of major artificial intelligence companies seated at the table alongside presidents and prime ministers, as if they were heads of state themselves.<\/p>\n

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“At the G7, the CEOs of the big AI companies sat at the table like heads of state, alongside presidents and prime ministers,” the Connecticut Democrat wrote, sharing a photo of the summit’s main session. His reaction was blunt: “This is the nightmare scene.”<\/p>\n

For Murphy, the optics were not a harmless photo op but a visual representation of how far corporate influence has crept into the highest levels of government. The concern is that companies building the most powerful AI systems are no longer simply lobbying governments from the outside, but are being granted a seat among the elected leaders who are supposed to regulate them.<\/p>\n

Murphy paired the warning with a call for governments to push back against what he described as the “state-like power” of these firms. He floated several possible responses, suggesting officials consider “taking ownership shares, breaking them up into smaller entities, or imposing a regulatory structure that controls their power over citizens.” The range of options, from partial public ownership to outright breakup, signals how seriously he believes the threat should be taken.<\/p>\n

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The senator has emerged as one of the more vocal critics in Congress of concentrated corporate and technological power, and his framing fits a broader unease on the left about the cozy relationship between the tech sector and the current administration. The sight of AI executives integrated into a gathering traditionally reserved for the world’s most powerful elected officials, in his telling, is evidence that the balance has already tipped too far toward private industry.<\/p>\n

His underlying argument is that state-like power demands a state-like response. If a handful of companies can shape economies, information, and security on a scale once reserved for governments, Murphy contends, then leaving their authority unchecked is itself the danger. The photo, to him, is less a snapshot of cooperation than a warning about who is really sitting at the table when the world’s decisions get made.<\/p>\n

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At the G7, the CEOs of the big AI companies sat at the table like heads of state, alongside presidents and prime ministers.<\/p>\n

This is the nightmare scene.<\/p>\n

Governments need to have a response to the state-like power of these companies, whether it\u2019s by taking ownership shares,\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/aPdK7FFRaE
\u2014 Chris Murphy \ud83d\udfe7 (@ChrisMurphyCT) June 21, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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