Trump's AI team fractures over strategy against G20 backdrop

Trump administration officials came to this week's G20 innovation summit to project a united front on U.S. AI leadership. But tensions between the Commerce Department and the White House's tech policy shop are playing out behind the scenes. The G20 Innovation Ministerial features some of the tech industry's heaviest hitters and officials from the world's most powerful countries. Officials and executives pitched the U.S. as a model for other countries on AI, contrasting its lighter regulatory approach with the European Union's heavier hand. White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Michael Kratsios credited U.S. AI progress to "flexible policy frameworks" that encourage private investment and provide regulatory clarity.