{"id":670,"date":"2026-05-24T00:43:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T00:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fluffyworld.org\/?p=670"},"modified":"2026-05-24T00:43:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T00:43:43","slug":"trump-abruptly-cancels-eo-signing-event-after-top-ai-firm-ceos-declined-to-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fluffyworld.org\/?p=670","title":{"rendered":"Trump abruptly cancels EO signing event after top AI firm CEOs declined to go"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2276026044-1152x648-1779465384.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>According to Lee, parallel to the AI race is \u201ca separate, potentially more important race\u201d to figure out how \u201cwho can govern powerful AI without choking off innovation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>China may be slightly edging ahead of the US in that race.<\/p>\n<p>SCMP\u2019s report claimed that while the US has been hesitant to regulate AI, \u201cChina\u2019s regulatory process is accelerating signi\ufb01cantly\u201d in recent months. In April, Beijing issued a new regulation requiring domestic AI firms to establish internal \u201carti\ufb01cial intelligence ethics review committees.\u201d In May, the State Council, China\u2019s cabinet, outlined a legislative work plan for 2026 to \u201cimprove AI governance and accelerate comprehensive legislation for the sound development of AI.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the US, discord exists not just between political parties but among Trump\u2019s team, The Information reported. The tensions reportedly started after the abrupt end of Sacks\u2019 tenure as AI advisor, creating a \u201cpower vacuum\u201d within the White House\u2019s AI leadership structure. Still, Sacks continues to visit the White House weekly, The Information reported.<\/p>\n<p>As Trump reportedly faces pressure from the Commerce Department and the O\ufb03ce of Science and Technology Policy to maintain a light-touch approach to AI regulation, more security-focused agencies, like the O\ufb03ce of the National Cyber Director, think the time for governance is now.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s next moves on AI safety in the US won\u2019t just be closely watched by officials within his administration concerned about national security risks\u2014which apparently includes Vice President JD Vance, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zIbxGiopBhA\">said<\/a> on Wednesday that the administration was prioritizing \u201cprotecting people\u2019s data\u201d and \u201cpeople\u2019s privacy\u201d after concerns about Mythos were raised. Apparently, China will also be expecting regular AI safety updates from Trump.<\/p>\n<p>At the <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/tech-policy\/2026\/05\/desperate-trump-taps-tim-apple-jensen-huang-elon-musk-to-attend-xi-summit\/\">recent summit with China\u2019s president, Xi Jinping<\/a>, Trump agreed \u201cto launch an intergovernmental dialogue on AI\u201d to mutually navigate emerging national security risks as AI technology advances, the Chinese Foreign Ministry confirmed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/tech-policy\/2026\/05\/trump-canceled-ai-safety-testing-eo-after-snub-from-tech-ceos\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Lee, parallel to the AI race is \u201ca separate, potentially more important race\u201d to figure out how \u201cwho can govern powerful AI without [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":671,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fluffyworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fluffyworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fluffyworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fluffyworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fluffyworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fluffyworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fluffyworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fluffyworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fluffyworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fluffyworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}