AXIOS (Maria Curi) - What AI CEOs still don't get about Washington
AI CEOs' lofty pitches for AI governance may end up being pipe dreams in a town that routinely fumbles tech policy. Why it matters: From OpenAI's Sam Altman to Anthropic's Dario Amodei, high-profile AI executives are eager to shape how their products are regulated and encouraged, rolling out sweeping policy ideas to manage the technology's impact. - But Congress — on privacy, social media and now AI — has a history of getting stuck in the policy weeds, and lawmakers are now grappling with heavy lobbying and growing constituent demands on the future of the tech. Catch up quick: OpenAI's new industrial policy paper describes AI changing the world on a scale similar to the Industrial Revolution, requiring aggressive policies like tax…