Trump’s move to lift Biden-era AI rules sparks debate over fast-tracked advances — and potential risks

Computerworld January 24, 2025
Lucas Mearian

President Trump’s rollback of Biden-era safety and security measures will speed up generative AI development, but without federal oversight, who will monitor potential issues?

President Donald Trump’s executive order removing Biden-Administration rules governing AI development is being cast as an opening of AI development flood gates, which could fast track advances in the still-new technology, but could also pose risks.

Signed on Thursday, the executive order (EO) overturns former President Joe Biden’s 2023 policy, which mandated that AI developers conduct safety testing and share results with the government before releasing systems that could pose risks to national security, public health, or the economy.

The revocation of the 2023 Eo shifts federal oversight from mandates to voluntary commitments, reducing requirements such...

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