Trump cuts Biden AI order in sign of lighter regulatory touch for industry

Trump cuts Biden AI order in sign of lighter regulatory touch for industry


Trump’s executive order, signed Monday evening, guts the 2023 executive order that Biden issued to regulate AI. Given their opposition to the Biden-era guidelines, AI proponents and companies in Silicon Valley are likely pleased with the move.

The scrapped Biden directive required AI companies to share key safety information with the federal government. It also required companies such as Google and Microsoft to share test results on their new AI models with the federal government before those models are released to the public.

The Biden mandate also formed the U.S. AI Safety Institute within the Commerce Department. The institute’s goal was to “identify, measure, and mitigate the risks of advanced AI systems” to harness the technology’s potential.

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“To realize the promise of AI and avoid the risk,

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