Nvidia, Meta, and SpaceX Leaders Persuade Trump to Block Creation of AI Regulatory Agency

Division over Regulation within the White House
Trump Asserts, "The Only One Welcoming Regulation Is China"

As the debate over regulating the pace of artificial intelligence (AI) development spreads, it has been revealed that the leaders of major U.S. tech companies—including Nvidia, Meta, and SpaceX—persuaded President Donald Trump to drop the idea of establishing an AI regulatory body.

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on the 17th (local time), citing multiple sources, that Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, and Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, recently expressed their concerns to President Trump regarding the plan to establish an AI regulatory organization.

The proposed organization was a private-sector-led AI regulation and standard-setting body suggested by Google's chief scientist, Demis Hassabis. Hassabis previously proposed that the AI industry develop its own supervisory standards, modeled after the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in the United States.

However, CEO Huang, CEO Zuckerberg, and CEO Musk opposed the plan, arguing that the establishment of such an organization could result in power being concentrated among leading AI firms, such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google. They were also reportedly concerned about who would assume key leadership roles in the body, including its executives and major members.

Over the past few weeks, those who spoke with President Trump individually conveyed their preference for the "minimal regulation" approach pursued by the current administration.

Even within the White House and the administration, opinions on AI regulation were divided. White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross advocated for stronger AI oversight and guidelines. In contrast, David Sacks, Chairman of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, reportedly persuaded President Trump to maintain a minimal regulation approach, according to WSJ.

President Trump recently emphasized accelerating AI development, posting on Truth Social, his social media platform, that "a pathological conspiracy is unfolding around AI and data centers," and claimed that "the only ones welcoming this are the Chinese."

The American AI industry is also debating whether to slow the pace of development. After Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, argued that AI development needed to be slowed, Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, and Chief Scientist Hassabis agreed with him. In contrast, CEO Huang and CEO Zuckerberg are opposing stricter regulations.

CEO Huang said at a recent Salesforce event, "Safety is the top priority, but it's also an engineering challenge," asserting that "speed and safety can be achieved simultaneously." CEO Zuckerberg also expressed the view that individual companies have the responsibility and capability to set and maintain the appropriate development pace on their own, without external regulation.

Although CEO Musk agreed with CEO Amodei's argument by saying, "Dario is right," he has not presented any concrete plans to slow development at the AI companies he leads.

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