OpenAI and Google are urging the Trump administration to ease on its AI policy regulations, warning that strict oversight could hinder American competitiveness against China in advanced technologies.
The Big Tech giants’ pressure comes from a need for balanced governance to establish a stronger economy while protecting democratic values through a more lenient AI governance policy. In the meantime, China is advancing in data-driven technologies at a pace never witnessed before, and the tech giant’s push for AI deregulation means flexible regulatory framework that could maintain US leadership in the race.
The advice to the White House highlights the AI policy and governance strategic potential of AI both for economic growth, but also for the protection of democratic values in the age of the internet.
AI Deregulation to Keep Up with China
Since the White House AI Action Plan, tech giants like Google and OpenAI have advocated, in the midst of the call, to lower regulatory hurdles, arguing that easing constraints is fundamental to putting the US as a top AI policy developer. Both firms reiterate that the steps are vital to stem China’s quick growth in AI policy where developers have lesser restrictions on the use of data.
OpenAI stressed that the US government AI policy must be “protected from both autocratic powers that would take people’s freedoms away, and layers of laws and bureaucracy that would prevent our realizing them.”
In parallel, Google also advocated for balanced copyright rules, permitting the use of copyrighted material under fair use doctrines for better AI training.
For Unified Approaches
The tech industry is also objecting to fragmented state-level government policy on AI, arguing such regulations would create compliance issues.
OpenAI has called for federal preemption of state laws to establish a unified national body of regulation over AI creation, possibly preventing inconsistent state rules from impeding uniform progress in AI technology across America.
The new stance by the administration is away from the previous policies that were making a priority of safety and ethics in AI and government policy. In the new directive, there is focus on limiting “ideological bias” and promoting American economic competitiveness in AI.
As the discussion progresses, the administration’s future AI Action Plan will be pivotal in determining the future direction of AI policy governance innovation and regulation in the United States.
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