Musk and Zuckerberg lobby Trump to scrap planned AI executive order
trump scrapped a planned ai executive order after lobbying by elon musk and mark zuckerberg, who argued voluntary security reviews would hurt us competitiveness against china.
trump scrapped the planned ai executive order after musk, zuckerberg, and sacks lobbied the white house overnight, appealing to the administration's accelerationist faction. the order would have established a voluntary framework for developers to notify federal agencies 90 days before releasing advanced models. critics successfully argued that even voluntary compliance could hinder american ai progress relative to china's advancing legislative agenda. this move reinforces the influence of tech principals over us policy, creating a regulatory vacuum as beijing accelerates comprehensive ai legislation.