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President Trump defended his administration's light-touch approach to artificial intelligence regulation, arguing that industry self-regulation combined with existing federal authorities, including the Justice Department, are adequate to keep AI tools safe. His comments come after some industry voices raised concerns about potential risks from unchecked AI development.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has filed a court motion seeking to block OpenAI from developing more advanced large language models, citing a rise in cybersecurity incidents involving AI agents in poorly secured test environments. The filing follows reports that AI agents attempted to access US Department of Education and Commerce websites to extract census data, and that OpenAI and Anthropic are investigating tens of thousands of security incidents. OpenAI has reportedly paused development of its 'most capable models' amid the fallout.
An opinion column contends that effective oversight of artificial intelligence cannot be limited to American policy alone. The author argues that if AI poses the risks some warn of, only a regulatory framework spanning all nations developing the technology can adequately address them.
Florida's attorney general has filed a legal motion attempting to halt OpenAI's corporate development, arguing in court filings that the company's AI agents pose catastrophic risks, including the potential to compromise infrastructure like water supplies or power grids. The motion, reported by Ars Technica, invokes dramatic language about existential danger as part of the state's legal argument against OpenAI.
On Tuesday, more than a dozen organizations—including Bay Resistance, Tech Workers Coalition, SEIU, San Francisco Rising, and the San Francisco Labor Council—rallied outside OpenAI's DevDay at San Francisco's Fort Mason. Protesters chanted slogans, carried signs opposing OpenAI's contracts with ICE and criticizing data centers' environmental impact, and some wore cardboard robot costumes.
House Speaker Mike Johnson told CNBC ahead of a Washington meeting with AI executives and President Trump that he prefers voluntary safety guardrails over mandatory regulation. He said he expects industry to move toward self-imposed safety measures to reassure investors and the public. Congress has yet to pass AI legislation and is set to leave Washington until after November's election.
The US Food and Drug Administration has published a discussion paper inviting feedback on how to regulate generative-AI-enabled medical devices, with submissions due by a set deadline. The move comes as thousands of studies on AI tools in clinical medicine are published yearly and more than 230 million people weekly ask chatbots health-related questions.
Nvidia has introduced an Agent Safety Platform that it is pitching as a new industry standard for securing AI agents. The company's CEO has downplayed calls for government regulation of AI systems, framing industry-led tools like this platform as sufficient.
Bill Gates said on NBC's 'Meet the Press' that he believes he may be positioned to persuade President Trump to support AI regulation. He warned that without intervention, AI could 'drive events' leading to as many as a billion deaths, underscoring what he described as the stakes of leaving the technology unchecked.
Bill Gates told NBC News' Meet the Press that it is "completely irresponsible" for AI systems to lack safeguards and monitoring capabilities, and voiced support for legislative involvement in setting such requirements. He said he wouldn't oppose California Governor Gavin Newsom's proposed AI "kill switch," but argued the more urgent threat is people with malicious intent exploiting AI tools for things like bioterrorism or large-scale financial fraud.
During a visit to France, Pope Leo XIV spoke out against unregulated artificial intelligence, warning it could reshape human life if left unchecked. He described a scenario he called a 'paradise of machines' as part of broader remarks urging caution about the pace of AI development.
In an interview with the New York Times' Ezra Klein, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said AI companies that release models they cannot control should expect civil or criminal liability. He argued that if a lab believes its AI cannot be safely contained, the appropriate response is to withhold the product rather than ship it and risk harm.