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highplainsdem

(62,834 posts)
Mon May 4, 2026, 04:04 PM 8 hrs ago

White House Considers Vetting A.I. Models Before They Are Released

Source: NYT

President Trump, who promoted a hands-off approach to artificial intelligence and gave Silicon Valley free rein to roll out the technology, is considering the introduction of government oversight over new A.I. models, according to U.S. officials and people briefed on the deliberations.

The administration is discussing an executive order to create an A.I. working group that would bring together tech executives and government officials to examine potential oversight procedures, according to U.S. officials, who declined to be identified in order to discuss deliberations over sensitive policies. Among the potential plans is a formal government review process for new A.I. models.

In meetings last week, White House officials told executives from Anthropic, Google and OpenAI about some of those plans, people briefed on the conversations said.

The working group is likely to consider a number of oversight approaches, officials said. But a review process could be similar to one being developed in Britain, which has assigned several government bodies to ensure that A.I. models meet certain safety standards, people in the tech industry and the administration said.

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Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/technology/trump-ai-models.html



The Trump regime wants control of the most powerful AI models.

This is more about control than safety.

This may also help them ensure new AI models don't disagree with the regime.
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White House Considers Vetting A.I. Models Before They Are Released (Original Post) highplainsdem 8 hrs ago OP
Am I suppose to feel safer???? Pisces 8 hrs ago #1
Holy shit. FalloutShelter 8 hrs ago #2
Are they referring to the A.I. models that are in the porn movies? LiberalArkie 8 hrs ago #3
He shit-canned the entire framework and likely fired all relevant experts, so what the hell review is he imagining? pat_k 7 hrs ago #4
Does the certification process involve donating huge sums of money to Trump projects? DBoon 7 hrs ago #5
If "projects" include offshore accounts WestMichRad 7 hrs ago #6
My first thought exactly. Pay to play. Marie Marie 4 hrs ago #8
And that's how Skynet gets deployed. Initech 6 hrs ago #7
An AI free from anything Epstein is my guess LiberalLovinLug 4 hrs ago #9
Attempt at 'pulling the wool' Prairie_Seagull 3 hrs ago #10
He just wants to wet his beak Nasruddin 3 hrs ago #11

LiberalArkie

(19,896 posts)
3. Are they referring to the A.I. models that are in the porn movies?
Mon May 4, 2026, 04:09 PM
8 hrs ago

Or the A.I. models that mimic various politicians?

pat_k

(13,777 posts)
4. He shit-canned the entire framework and likely fired all relevant experts, so what the hell review is he imagining?
Mon May 4, 2026, 05:17 PM
7 hrs ago

And to what end?

On edit: I think one thing we can be absolutely sure of is that, unlike the Biden-Harris admin AI regulatory framework in the public interest, the felon interests have NO relation to the public interest.

DBoon

(25,111 posts)
5. Does the certification process involve donating huge sums of money to Trump projects?
Mon May 4, 2026, 05:37 PM
7 hrs ago

I would be shocked if this wasn't a way to grift.

LiberalLovinLug

(14,746 posts)
9. An AI free from anything Epstein is my guess
Mon May 4, 2026, 08:23 PM
4 hrs ago

Just to add.....can you even imagine Biden or Obama suggesting this? Of course MAGA will swallow anything

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