Trump Calls Off AI Executive Order Over Concern It Could Weaken US Tech Edge
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- News link: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/05/21/2034246/trump-calls-off-ai-executive-order-over-concern-it-could-weaken-us-tech-edge
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> The order would have established a framework for the government to vet the national security risks of the most advanced AI systems before their public release, according to a person familiar with the White House's deliberations with the tech industry but not authorized to speak about it publicly. The directive was being characterized as a voluntary collaboration with participating U.S.-based tech companies, including Anthropic, OpenAI and Google, the person said.
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> There are competing factions within the administration, said Serena Booth, a computer science professor at Brown University and former AI policy fellow in a Democratic-led Senate committee. "We do see this kind of public fighting," she said. "'We will release an executive order. No, we won't. We're going to sign it this afternoon. Oh, the signing is canceled.' I think this whiplash is because we're seeing these fractures.'"
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> Some of those divides are balancing what Booth said is a "reasonable idea" to test the most capable AI models before their public release, with a concern that government scrutiny, if it takes too long, could burden AI developers. "It does come at a potential very large cost to innovation and speed of development," she said. "There is, I think, a real risk here and I do see both sides." [...]
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> "They don't want to do it because it's politically risky in a million different ways," said Dean Ball, now at the Foundation for American Innovation. Ball said he would welcome an executive order that would get those companies working more closely with the government on cybersecurity but "ultimately, I'm fine with them taking time to get this right."
[1] https://apnews.com/article/trump-ai-executive-order-ee318f35acc8a2c43e47f3ebf26cb459
snowflake... (Score:1)
has no spine...
TACO (Score:2, Insightful)
Trump Always Chickens Out
TacoGPT (Score:1)
or GPTaco
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it has been nothingburger friday and taco tuesday for a while now. it was hilarious until it became predictable and soporifically boring. how people endure paying attention to this clown is beyond me, but stock investors apparently still do. go, empire, go, there's a cliff to jump off from!
Translation (Score:3)
Trump wanted to control the AI market, but the AI market offered him enough bribe money to control him.
How about passing a law instead of EO? (Score:3)
EO after EO who needs laws if you can just rule by fiat? Donnie boy truly reigns like a monarch.
He does that despite the GOP controlling both houses. It's lazy and won't last longer than the current administration.
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Monarchs are mostly ceremonial these days.. he rules like someone who illegally seized power and wants to ensure he stays.
"Leading China"... really? (Score:2)
The small overall score difference between Claude Opus 4.7 and DeepSeek 4 in contests that are based on mostly English speaking participants scoring the results could well be the other way round when doing such contests among a mostly Chinese speaking population.
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The US probably is leading this week. But China has been making several recent announcements, and possibly when those get in the field (well, observable, they're claimed to already be in use) that will change.
OTOH...
Speculating about a rapidly changing field is always problematic.
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Don has bruised hands so he has to use AutopenGPT