The AI regulation smackdown isn’t over
US AI regulation fight continues as Anthropic proposes industry safety steps, Trump calls AI risk fears a hoax, and industry leaders split.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei proposed a three-step plan for slowing AI development: embedding third-party evaluators in labs, industry coordination, and international agreements, with OpenAI's Sam Altman and Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis tentatively agreeing. The Wall Street Journal reported Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, and Nvidia's Jensen Huang scuttled a proposal for a FINRA-like industry-funded AI regulator. President Trump dismissed AI safety fears as a 'hoax,' while OpenAI's Chris Lehane urged Congress to adopt mandatory national safety standards for frontier AI. Critics noted Trump's first administration signed Executive Order 13960 on federal AI use principles, which remains in effect.
- Amodei proposed third-party evaluators, industry coordination, and international agreements on AI safety.
- Zuckerberg, Musk, and Huang reportedly blocked an industry-funded independent AI regulator.
- Trump called AI risk fears a 'hoax' but retains criminal and regulatory power over AI companies.
- OpenAI's global affairs chief called for bipartisan mandatory national safety standards for frontier AI.
- Trump's 2019 Executive Order 13960 on federal AI principles remains unrepealed, highlighting inconsistent policy.
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- Trump administrationDepartment of Homeland Security
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- United States
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At the start of this week, the who's-who of AI seemed - at least tentatively - on the side of AI regulation. Over the weekend, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei had proposed a three-step plan for slowing AI development, including by embedding third-party evaluators in labs, coordinating across the domestic industry, and forging international agreements potentially with government assistance.
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