# Who should keep advanced AI in check?

Researchers want independent evaluators, California just acted and Washington is split. Who should be holding the reins?

Poll by GloboPoll

## Results

With 3 votes as of 2026-09-21, the most voted option is “National government and legislators” with 66.7%.

- The companies that build the models — 1 (33.3 %)
- Independent third-party evaluators — 0 (0.0 %)
- National government and legislators — 2 (66.7 %)
- State or regional governments — 0 (0.0 %)
- An international treaty body — 0 (0.0 %)
- No one — oversight would slow progress too much — 0 (0.0 %)
- Not sure — 0 (0.0 %)
- Other — 0 (0.0 %)

3 votes

## Poll facts

- Status: open, accepting votes
- Type: single choice
- Published on: 2026-09-20
- Data updated on: 2026-09-21

## How votes are counted

One vote per person (per account, or per IP address and browser for anonymous votes). Anyone can take part: this is an open online poll, not a representative statistical sample. Results update live while the poll is open.

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Source: https://www.globopoll.com/en/polls/who-should-keep-advanced-ai-in-check