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Trump delays presidential decision on artificial intelligence, citing need to maintain ‘leading’ against China
US president Donald Trump He delayed signing an executive order on artificial intelligence because he didn’t like certain aspects of it and didn’t want to take any steps that might weaken the U.S. position in the AI competition with China.
The order would create a voluntary framework for AI developers to engage with the US government before advanced AI models are made public, two sources familiar with the decision told Reuters.
“I think it’s, you know, we’re leading China, we’re leading everybody, and I don’t want to do anything that gets in the way of that leadership,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
Trump did not specify which parts of the executive order he objected to.
It comes after Trump became the first US president to visit China in almost a decade and described his meeting with his counterpart Xi Jinping as “very successful”.
Management’s plans reportedly put on hold after pressure from xAI founder Elon Musk and other big tech figures.
Replying to a post on X about reporting, Musk “This is wrong,” he said, adding: “I still don’t know what was in that EO, and the president only spoke to me after I refused to sign it.”
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Trump delays presidential decision on artificial intelligence, citing need to maintain ‘leading’ against China
US president Donald Trump He delayed signing an executive order on artificial intelligence because he didn’t like certain aspects of it and didn’t want to take any steps that might weaken the U.S. position in the AI competition with China.
The order would create a voluntary framework for AI developers to engage with the US government before advanced AI models are made public, two sources familiar with the decision told Reuters.
“I think it’s, you know, we’re leading China, we’re leading everybody, and I don’t want to do anything that gets in the way of that leadership,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
Trump did not specify which parts of the executive order he objected to.
It comes after Trump became the first US president to visit China in almost a decade and described his meeting with his counterpart Xi Jinping as “very successful”.
Management’s plans reportedly put on hold after pressure from xAI founder Elon Musk and other big tech figures.
Replying to a post on X about reporting, Musk “This is wrong,” he said, adding: “I still don’t know what was in that EO, and the president only spoke to me after I refused to sign it.”
