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Moderna Founder Calls for Urgent Regulation of AI Agents

Bloomberg Technology Tuesday 13 October 2026, 13:23 UTC By Sankalp Phartiyal and Satviki Sanjay 1 min read
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Moderna Founder Calls for Urgent Regulation of AI Agents Billionaire biotech mogul Noubar Afeyan has called for urgent regulation of artificial intelligence agents that tech firms are selling, warning that waiting for a disaster risks repeating the past mistakes of the drug industry. Drawing a parallel with the thalidomide tragedy in the 1950s and 60s, where the drug taken by pregnant women led to birth defects, the founder of Moderna Inc. argued that companies seeking to profit from AI...

Moderna Founder Calls for Urgent Regulation of AI Agents Billionaire biotech mogul Noubar Afeyan has called for urgent regulation of artificial intelligence agents that tech firms are selling, warning that waiting for a disaster risks repeating the past mistakes of the drug industry. Drawing a parallel with the thalidomide tragedy in the 1950s and 60s, where the drug taken by pregnant women led to birth defects, the founder of Moderna Inc. argued that companies seeking to profit from AI agents must take responsibility of their safety before launching them commercially.
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