Ashley Gold

President Trump's missed AI deadlines

Key deadlines set out in President Trump's executive order targeting state 

White House leans on GOP states over AI rules

The Trump administration is pushing back on Republican-led AI bills in Nebraska and Tennessee, with sources familiar with the negotiations describing the outreach as pressure to weaken or

What AI CEOs still don't get about Washington

AI CEOs' lofty pitches for AI governance may end up being pipe dreams in a town that routinely fumbles tech policy. OpenAI's new industrial p

Inside Europe's AI playbook: Guardrails first, flexibility later

A top European AI policy official pushed back on a common critique that the European Union's tech regulation stifles innovation at the HumanX conference in San Francisco. Magnu

California cements its role as the national testing ground for AI rules

To see where tech policy is going in the U.S., look west: California is escalating its push to regulate AI across multiple fronts. Gov Gavin Newsom (D-CA) recently signe

White House AI rollout exposes widening rift

A week after the White House unveiled its long-awaited national AI legislative framework, Washington has renewed momentum to pass federal laws but no roadmap on how to get there. The administration's loose AI playbook for Congress is exposing cracks beneath the GOP's apparent consensus. At the Axios AI+DC Summit, attendees grumbled about a lack of clarity in the copyright section of the framework as Republican members of Congress showcased diverging opinions on AI's impact on voters and kids.

AI policy's new power center

The Pentagon is turning procurement into policy, staking its claim as Washington's most powerful AI player with its decision to 

The emerging MAGA antitrust model

The Justice Department's settlement with Ticketmaster this week marks a new chapter of the MAGA antitrust movement that may look different than 

AI's mass surveillance problem

The Pentagon’s standoff with Anthropic highlights a mass surveillance reality: There are few laws limiting what the government can do with artificial i

Top Senate defense leaders intervene in Pentagon-Anthropic AI dispute

Key Senate defense leaders are privately pressing Anthropic and the Pentagon to resolve their dispute. Pressure has been