Trump AI Policy Tracker

Chinese policymakers, long focused on deepfakes and child safety, now see AI hacking capabilities as a core national-security threat after models...

Divergent national and state triggers create overlapping but incompatible obligations that frontier-model teams must satisfy without mutual...

The article draws a precise line between two concepts essential for frontier AI governance.

• AI safety addresses unintended harm from a model's own...

U.S. and China are racing to advance AI but may not be running the same race, with China advancing open-weight reasoning models despite semiconductor...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will brief the UN Security Council on the need for international coordination and shared AI safety standards, focusing on misuse...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Friday to “dramatically accelerate” artificial intelligence safety measures.

The CEO clash tests whether self-regulation can credibly secure frontier AI without mandatory evaluations, industry coordination, or international...

• Former officials and commentators from both parties now frame Trump's competition-first, voluntary AI approach as a false choice that weakens public...

• Microsoft executive Brent Hecht privately called wholesale news scraping an "unprecedented appropriation" that contradicts fair use arguments
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China's State Council Order No. 841 explicitly links export-control or technology-transfer violations to exit bans on Chinese citizens, potentially...

Expert panels and polling reveal mounting pressure for AI safeguards amid Trump's China-focused expansion.

• Expert warnings intensify: Johns Hopkins...

Executive Order 14409 establishes a voluntary federal-review process for certain frontier AI models lasting up to 30 days. This structure signals a limited, non-mandatory approach rather than binding oversight.

• Procurement Shift: European governments now mandate ITAR-free equipment in tenders, turning a former sales pitch into a hard requirement that...

Two analyses converge on regulating specific AI risks rather than the technology itself, even amid U.S.-China competition.

• Article 1 argues U.S....

Britain’s debate over banning artificial superintelligence signals AI governance is shifting from tech policy to national security concerns.

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President Trump's Executive Order directs the DOJ to form an AI Litigation Task Force to challenge certain state AI laws, giving businesses facing divergent regulations a potential federal litigation strategy to address compliance conflicts.

• Nearly half of senior AI leaders bypass formal governance for urgent deployments despite having policies in place.
• Agentic AI risks outpace...

Despite shared AI safety risks, strategic distrust and zero-sum competition are blocking US-China crisis communication or joint governance mechanisms....

Divergent views on frontier AI regulation expose a vacuum that favors presidential authority and voluntary industry steps.

• Mandatory government...

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei pushes for mandatory testing, licensing, and compute constraints to manage risks, arguing voluntary standards fall short.
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