What Could Less Regulation Mean for AI?

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What Could Less Regulation Mean for AI?

Article Published January 10, 2025

This article originally appeared on InformationWeek on January 10, 2025.

By Carrie Pallardy

President-elect Trump has been vocal about plans to repeal the AI executive order signed by President Biden. A second Trump administration could mean a lot of change for oversight in the AI space, but what exactly that change will look like remains uncertain.

Experts anticipate a more relaxed approach to AI regulation from the Trump administration.

“Obviously, one of Trump’s biggest supporters is Elon Musk, who owns an AI company. And so that coupled with the statement that Trump is interested in pulling back the AI executive order suggest that we’re heading into a space of deregulation,” says Betsy Cooper, founding director at Aspen Policy Academy, a policy incubator focused on tech policy entrepreneurs.

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