What Musk is telling Trump on AI regulation is anyone’s guess
AXIOS November 19, 2024
Elon Musk is a wild card in the tech industry’s frantic effort to game out where a Trump-dominated Washington will come down on AI regulation.
State of play: It’s a reasonably safe bet that President-elect Trump will trash President Biden’s modest moves to set limits on AI development and give companies a free hand to do what they want — and beat China.
Yes, but: Musk, who has been at Trump’s right hand since his election victory, has two very different personas when it comes to AI regulation, and no one knows which of them will be whispering in Trump’s ear.
Musk has been obsessed with AI doomsday scenarios for at least a decade.
- He co-founded OpenAI in 2015...