President Donald Trump is expected President Joe Biden will ease or repeal artificial intelligence regulations after he is sworn in on Monday (January 20).
his publicly stated views is encapsulated at the Republican National Committee 2024 platformsaid Biden’s AI policies would “hinder AI innovation.”
but, Fundamental changes like President Trump’s rhetoric suggest are likely to translate He said he made more subtle changes. Duane Pozzaformer Federal Trade Commission assistant director Who are you? Currently a partner at a law firm wiley rain Co-chairs the Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Data Governance Practice. For example, Biden’s October 2023 presidential order Currently being implemented in federal government agencies, Harder elucidatehe said..
“Most of that is already in place,” Pozza said in an interview with PYMNTS. “So the real question is…’What will the new administration do?'” As for What work has already begun at the agency? Do they try to rollback? Will that pause them? Are we trying to do different things with AI?”
Poza said he believed Trump would impose fewer regulations on AI than Biden, but noted that the Trump administration’s first executive order of 2020 mandated: . federal agency It’s about leveraging AI for the benefit of the American people. He said he expects the same person to return for President Trump’s second term.
Poza pointed to the FTC as an example of how President Trump could make nuanced changes to AI rules. Under the Biden administration, the FTC is taking aggressive enforcement actions. high tech companies Allegedly makes false, fraudulent, or exaggerated claims regarding AI.
“Those kind of “The approach and enforcement measures are likely to continue,” he said. “The FTC’s new leadership remains concerned about deception in the marketplace.”
States are likely to strengthen
Biden October 2023 presidential order Initiated government oversight of strong infrastructure models and demanded action from technology companies developing such models. These measures include having governments inspect models before deployment, conducting red team testing to ensure safe and secure deployment of AI systems, and ensuring model weights in underlying models are secure.
In January, Biden issued two more executive orders on AI. One Order Can Lease Federal Land for the construction of AI data center and The other would extend chip export control rules to more than 120 countries in the name of nationhood. safety. Biden also expanded export restrictions on advanced AI chips, effectively grouping nations As for access.
But Poza said Trump will generally be flexible when it comes to regulations affecting AI innovation. His team will be “very focused on finding ways to unlock AI innovation and foster private sector innovation around AI.”
In response to the president’s change in position on relaxing regulatory oversight of AI, Pozza he said. I think each country will make up for the slack.
“We expect states to be more proactive,” he said. “There are a number of bills that have been proposed or are about to be introduced. That’s remarkable.”
So far, Colorado is the only state with broad AI regulations, but most other states are targeting harmful uses of AI, such as deepfakes, Poza said. By 2024, at least 45 states, Washington DC, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands islands introduced AI billAccording to National Conference of State Legislatureswhose members are state legislators and their staffs. Thirty-one of these bills were adopted or passed into law.
As for whether Trump will leave Biden’s chip export control rules in place, Poza said the jury is still out on the issue. President Trump is concerned about national security issues and trade competition with China, which is the focus of President Biden’s export restrictions on advanced AI chips.
David Sachs and the Wild Card
President Trump appoints venture capitalist david saxwas a co-founder of paypal with tesla and space x CEO Elon Musk and venture capitalist Peter ThielOverseeing AI and cryptocurrencies also suggests adopting a “pro-innovation, pro-startup” approach to AI and regulation, it wrote. Ken Kumayama, stuart levi and william ridgewaylaw firm partner Skadden, Alps, Slate, Meagher, Fromm Specialized in AI, blog post last week.
One wild card, the partners say, is Mr. Musk.
“Mr. Musk…has long expressed concerns about the unchecked power of AI…” they write.
Specifically, Mr. Musk I’ve warned you His opposition to superintelligent AI posing a threat to humanity’s survival led him to take action. lawsuit against OpenAI It will become a for-profit organization because it will be easier to raise funds for AI development compared to the previous non-profit organization.
musk, who was it He co-founded OpenAI in 2015 and famously founded the company as a nonprofit to compete with OpenAI. googlewhich had most of the brains of AI at the time. Musk worried that commercial companies like Google would be able to control the future of AI. he summarize Team with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Other AI engineers such as Ilya Satskeva The idea is to make AI openly available so the public can take on Google. but Musk and OpenAI parted ways after Musk reportedly wanted control.
But Musk complicates his motives by starting his own for-profit AI company. xAI“He said there are no guardrails against disinformation or hate speech,” the partners said, adding that these views “could help shape the Trump administration’s stance on AI.”
So far, Musk’s official involvement in the administration has been as volunteer leader to cut government spending. Government Efficiency Bureau.
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