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White House Whipsaws Silicon Valley (and Itself) Over A.I. Rules
The New York Times • • business
Key Points:
- Trump administration officials, including White House chief of staff Susie Wiles and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, have debated whether to take a more interventionist approach toward open-source AI models, which are freely available for download and modification.
- Considered actions included sanctions, trade blacklists against Chinese companies producing open-source AI models, and banning U.S. cloud companies from working with them, but these plans were reconsidered following pushback from Silicon Valley.
- The administration is now focusing on promoting American AI models to enhance competitiveness, and the White House has invited U.S. tech companies to discuss a framework for government review of new AI models for cybersecurity risks before public release.
- The rapid evolution of AI technology has created challenges for the Trump administration, which has been active in intervening in various economic sectors but is still determining how to effectively regulate AI.
