Trump's shadow AI policy

The Trump administration entered office promising to get government out of the AI industry's way. It hasn't worked out that way. The White House says AI shouldn't be regulated, but it's shaping the industry through case-by-case interventions without clear rules, creating major uncertainty. What has emerged is a shadow AI policy, one that shapes the AI industry's future without ever spelling out the rules. Without clear national AI rules set by Congress, the administration has focused on overriding state AI laws, the national security and cybersecurity implications of advanced AI models, the procurement of AI systems into the federal government and the economic impact of the biggest AI companies. The Trump administration may not call it AI regulation, but its decisions are dictating the future of the technology around the world.