Cyber ‘startup foundry’ sees over-regulation as risk to artificial intelligence development

LAS VEGAS. DataTribe, a venture capital firm that funds and incubates cybersecurity startups, sees over-zealous regulation as a potential drag on investment in artificial intelligence innovations, while agreeing on the need for “light-weight guardrails” to address security risks as firms offer up the technology for use in cyber and other purposes.

“There is worry about future regulation, regulators are circling and people are watching that,” Leo Scott, chief innovation officer for DataTribe said in an Aug. 7 interview on...