GoKawiilWhite House shelves AI regulator plan after tech CEO pushback
White House officials had drafted a preliminary framework for a FINRA-style body to oversee frontier AI models after Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis proposed the idea in July. The plan collapsed after executives including David Sacks and Mark Zuckerberg lobbied Trump directly against it, leaving the proposal in limbo with no replacement under active consideration. Meanwhile Congress remains split among competing AI bills that lack sufficient votes to pass.
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The stalled effort shows how concentrated tech industry lobbying can override even internally-drafted government oversight plans before they reach public debate. With Trump publicly dismissing AI safety concerns as a 'hoax,' the near-term regulatory vacuum leaves frontier AI development largely self-governed by the labs themselves.
- White House paused a FINRA-style AI oversight body after tech executives lobbied Trump
- Sacks and Zuckerberg were among those who pushed back against the proposal
- Congress has competing AI bills but none currently has enough votes to pass
Source: wired.com — Hugo Lowell, 2026-09-16
Published there as: “Washington Won’t Be Regulating AI Anytime Soon”
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