Experts and politicians are increasingly calling for regulations on AI models to be released into the public without proper testing and licensing, with surveys suggesting around 60% of the public is in favor of regulations. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is pushing for the creation of a global body like the International Atomic Energy Agency to oversee the tech. However, libertarians argue that overstating the threat and calling for regulations is just a ploy by the leading AI companies to impose authoritarian control and strangle competition via regulation.