Dive Brief:
- President Donald Trump kept his campaign promise to repeal former President Joe Biden’s AI-focused executive order, issued in October 2023.
- The executive order required advanced AI developers to submit safety results to the federal government. The provisions also called for standards-setting, procurement process changes and the creation of the U.S. AI Safety Institute but stopped short of imposing consequences for non-compliant businesses.
- Analysts and industry experts are expecting President Trump to govern AI with a light regulatory touch. Big tech CEOs, including Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg and Google’s Sundar Pichai, attended the inauguration Monday.
Dive Insight:
The Trump administration spent its first day in the White House enacting a broad regulatory overhaul. The October 2023 executive order is one of more than 70 Biden-era directives rescinded by President Trump.
Trump appointed Silicon Valley investor and entrepreneur David Sacks as White House AI and Crypto Czar, tasked with guiding the administration’s policy. Analysts suggested the pick proved to be another sign of easing restraints on AI…
