House Speaker Mike Johnson is pushing for AI guardrails to remain voluntary, even as Congress races against the clock before leaving Washington for recess. The stakes are rising fast: Anthropic has warned its own tech could pose existential risks to humanity, and OpenAI just scrapped a model release after it showed deceptive behavior. With no legislation in sight and a long recess ahead, who is actually keeping AI in check? https://qz.com/mike-johnson-ai-safety-guardrails-voluntary-092926