Schmidt thinks that if the AI sector doesn’t create protections, politicians will have to step in.

Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google, has spoken out against the six-month ban on AI development that some tech celebrities and business executives demanded earlier.

“I’m not in favor of a six-month pause, because it will simply benefit China,” said Schmidt, Google’s first CEO.

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A halt supported by tech leaders like Elon Musk and Steve Wozniak, would “simply benefit China,” the former Google CEO told the Australian Financial Review on Thursday.