Major tech firms are pushing the administration of President Donald Trump to loosen rules on building artificial intelligence, arguing it is the only way to maintain a US edge and compete with China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Spooked by generative AI\u2019s sudden advance, governments initially scrambled to develop guardrails, as major tech companies rapidly integrated the technology into their products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since taking office in January, the Trump administration has shifted focus toward accelerating AI development at all costs, pushing aside concerns about the models suffering hallucinations, producing deepfakes, or destroying human jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe AI future is not going to be won by hand-wringing about safety,\u201d Vice President JD Vance told world leaders at a recent AI summit in Paris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This message unsettled international partners, particularly Europe, which had proudly established the EU AI Act as a new standard for keeping the technology in check.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But, faced with America\u2019s new direction, European officials are now pivoting their messaging toward investment and innovation rather than safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe\u2019re going to see a significant pullback in terms of the regulatory efforts\u2026 worldwide,\u201d explained David Danks, professor of data science and philosophy at University of California San Diego.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat certainly has been signaled here in the United States, but we\u2019re also seeing it in Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2013 \u2018Step back\u2019 \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tech companies are capitalizing on this regulatory retreat, seeking the freedom to develop AI technologies that they claim have been too constrained under the Biden administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of Trump\u2019s first executive actions was dismantling Biden\u2019s policies, which had proposed modest guardrails for powerful AI models and directed agencies to prepare to oversee the change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s clear that we\u2019re taking a step back from that idea that there\u2019s going to be a coherent overall approach to AI regulation,\u201d noted Karen Silverman, CEO of AI advisory firm Cantellus Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Trump administration has invited industry leaders to share their policy vision, emphasizing that the US must maintain its position as the \u201cundeniable leader in AI technology\u201d with minimal investor constraints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The industry submissions will shape the White House\u2019s AI action plan, expected this summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The request has yielded predictable responses from major players, with a common theme emerging: China represents an existential threat which can only be addressed by plowing an open path for companies unencumbered by regulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
OpenAI\u2019s submission probably goes the furthest in its contrast with China, highlighting DeepSeek, a Chinese-developed generative AI model created at a fraction of American development costs, to emphasize the competitive threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to OpenAI, American AI development should be \u201cprotected from both autocratic powers that would take people\u2019s freedoms away, and layers of laws and bureaucracy that would prevent our realizing them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For AI analyst Zvi Mowshowitz, OpenAI\u2019s \u201cgoal is to have the federal government not only not regulate AI,\u201d but also ban individual US states from doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Currently engaged in litigation with the New York Times over the use of its content for training, OpenAI also argues that restricting access to online data would concede the AI race to China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWithout fair use access to copyrighted material\u2026America loses, as does the success of democratic AI,\u201d OpenAI said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another response submitted by a group of Hollywood celebrities \u2014 including Ben Stiller and Cynthia Erivo \u2014 rejected the notion, reflecting the film and television industry\u2019s contentious relationship with the technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2013 \u2018Essential\u2019 \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In its response, Meta touted its open Llama AI model as part of the fight for American technological superiority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOpen source models are essential for the US to win the AI race against China and ensure American AI dominance,\u201d the company stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
CEO Mark Zuckerberg has even advocated for retaliatory tariffs against European regulatory efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Google\u2019s input focused on infrastructure investment for AI\u2019s substantial energy requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Like its peers, Google also opposes state-by-state regulations in the US that it claims would undermine America\u2019s technological leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite the push for minimal oversight, industry observers caution that generative AI carries inherent risks, with or without government regulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBad press is universal, and if your technology leads to really bad outcomes, you\u2019re going to get raked over the public relations coals,\u201d warned Danks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Companies have no choice but to mitigate the dangers, he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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