This Is Donald Trump’s AI Brain Trust
“It’s not an argument with two sides, it’s an argument with 10 sides,” one senior administration official tells WIRED about how US AI policy is being shaped.
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The Trump administration is developing AI policy through a small group of officials scattered across different departments who hold significantly different views on how to regulate artificial intelligence and maintain US competitiveness against China. These officials, including the Commerce Secretary, National Cyber Director, and Treasury Secretary, have conflicting approaches ranging from hands-off deregulation to aggressive restrictions on Chinese AI development. With limited coordination between agencies, final policy decisions will likely be determined by whichever officials have the most influence with the president. The competing priorities among this group reflect broader tensions over whether the US should focus on encouraging domestic AI innovation or imposing stricter controls on powerful AI models.
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