Trump calls AI guardrails unnecessary, floats 10-person oversight panel
The remarks came as Trump hosted tech executives including Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, Anthropic's Dario Amodei, OpenAI's Greg Brockman and Nvidia's Jensen Huang at the White House.
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Donald Trump said guardrails on artificial intelligence are unnecessary and that he is considering a committee of 10 people to watch over the industry. He said he believes AI models will be used for good and that AI firms already know they need to police themselves.
The comments came during a White House meeting Tuesday with tech executives, among them Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, Anthropic's Dario Amodei, OpenAI's Greg Brockman and Nvidia's Jensen Huang, according to the Detroit News. Trump has separately said he discussed AI with Xi Jinping, calling the Chinese leader supportive, and that he will sign an order on the technology.
The stance fits a pattern. At the UN General Assembly on September 22, Trump rejected proposals for international oversight of AI, calling them a "globalist scheme" to control the technology, according to BusinessToday. House Speaker Mike Johnson said Monday the United States does "not need a moratorium" on AI development, according to Fox News. House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries took the opposite view, telling CNBC on Monday that AI industry leaders were pleading for government action and that Congress has a responsibility to "lean in boldly and responsibly" on AI safety, according to the Jefferson City News-Tribune.
Tuesday's remarks add no detail on what authority, membership or enforcement power the proposed committee would have beyond what Trump had already floated hours earlier. The throughline since the meeting with Xi and today's session with AI executives has been industry-led self-regulation with government watching rather than binding rules. A vaguely described oversight committee with no stated teeth is not a regulatory catalyst in either direction for AI-linked stocks, and the setup for that trade stays where it was: pro-growth rhetoric without a concrete policy shift.