Trump’s shiny AI order may have more ambition than guardrails
Trump signed a new AI executive order on June 2 that the White House sold as a bold push for innovation and security. But the real story is the familiar Trump-world trick of treating sweeping executive power as a substitute for durable policy.
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Trump’s shiny AI order may have more ambition than guardrails
Trump signed a new AI executive order on June 2 that the White House sold as a bold push for innovation and security. But the real story is the familiar Trump-world trick of treating sweeping executive power as a substitute for durable policy.
Trump signed a new AI executive order on June 2 that the White House sold as a bold push for innovation and security. But the real story is the familiar Trump-world trick of treating sweeping executive power as a substitute for durable policy.
Trump’s new AI order pushes speed and security at once, but it still leaves the hardest questions about oversight, enforcement, and presidential discretion unresolved.
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