President Donald Trump's last-minute decision to shelve a planned artificial intelligence executive order has exposed a growing divide inside the White House over how far the federal government should go in regulating AI, according to a new report.
POLITICO recalled that Trump abruptly scrapped the order on May 21, just hours before it was expected to be signed, after former AI czar David Sacks intervened directly with the president. The move derailed months of internal work and reopened a high-stakes debate over whether Washington should keep a light touch on AI or impose stronger guardrails as models being released to the public become increasingly stronger.
