CNBC January 6, 2025
Key Points
– With Donald Trump set to be inaugurated as president on Jan. 20, the way America approaches the issue of regulating artificial intelligence could be set for an overhaul.
– Elon Musk is expected to influence the incoming president’s policy thinking on AI — Trump gave Musk a role to co-lead his “Department of Government Efficiency.”
– Across the Atlantic, the European Union has pushed forward with first-of-its-kind regulation for AI — but it’s been criticized by U.S. tech firms as being too strict.
The U.S. political landscape is set to undergo some shifts in 2025 — and those changes will have some major implications for the regulation of artificial intelligence.
President-elect Donald Trump will be inaugurated on...