arm's length
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“What we have to think about with a lot of these affiliations in place is trying to make sure that these arm’s-length assessments are still happening,” Mears said.
If AI becomes as integral to the U.S. economy and national security as electricity or jet propulsion, the government will need to decide whether its leading AI firms are treated as arm’s-length contractors or as quasi-national champions.
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The company was still scrambling Thursday to explain the deal for a tool to identify and track foreigners on US soil, which it says was signed by an arm's-length subsidiary set up to bid on classified US government work, with limited oversight from HQ in France.
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They have no good options, but a shift to an arm’s-length relationship is likely to make for a less pleasant business environment for U.S. companies operating overseas.
Disclosure rules similarly make anonymous trading and arm’s-length shareholding safe.
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