Despite limited mention of artificial intelligence (AI) during his campaign, US President-elect Donald Trump is likely to significantly change policy towards this field.
While Trump has offered few specifics about his plans for AI, his alliance with tech billionaire Elon Musk and his team's previous pledge to repeal President Joe Biden's AI executive order will prioritize private-sector-driven innovation and competition over regulatory control of AI, The Hill reported.
New officials, new policies
According to analysis by Eurasia Group (USA) - the world's leading political risk research and consulting firm, Mr. Biden's previous executive order to control AI will be repealed. At a campaign rally in December 2023 in Iowa (USA), Mr. Trump promised that if elected, he would "cancel" Mr. Biden's executive order and "ban the use of AI to censor speech of American citizens". In the past, American social networks have applied AI to censor content, so Mr. Trump's statement above can be understood as restricting social networks from using AI to censor content.
Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk at a campaign event in October in Pennsylvania.
Photo: Reuters
In addition, according to Eurasia Group, the incoming Trump White House will not directly intervene in this field, but "entrust a group of trusted allies" such as billionaire Elon Musk. Accordingly, this group will carry out most of the agenda, make decisions and implement the technology agenda. Currently, Trump has decided to choose billionaire Elon Musk and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to lead the US Government Efficiency Department. This agency is announced to reform "government bureaucracy", and "cut unnecessary regulations, cut wasteful spending and restructure federal agencies". Thereby, "cutting unnecessary regulations" will most likely be applied to limit regulations in the field of AI. This is also the policy platform pursued by the Republican Party.
Mr. Trump continues to perfect his staff.
USA Today reported on November 14 that US President-elect Donald Trump has just chosen Congressman Matt Gaetz as attorney general and former Congressman Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence in his upcoming administration.
Ms. Tulsi Gabbard at Donald Trump's campaign event on November 3.
Photo: Reuters
Regarding his choice for attorney general, Mr. Trump said that Mr. Gaetz (42 years old) "will end the armed government and restore the badly broken trust" in the department. Regarding the position of director of national intelligence, Mr. Trump said Ms. Gabbard (43 years old) "brings her fearless spirit to our intelligence community". Ms. Gabbard switched from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party and supported Mr. Trump, helping him in the process of preparing for the debate with Vice President Kamala Harris. Regarding personnel at the Pentagon, Reuters on November 14 quoted informed sources as saying that members of Mr. Trump's transition team are drawing up a list of officials to be laid off, in an unprecedented restructuring at the agency. Facing the potential for more dissent over Trump’s policies, the governors of Illinois and Colorado said they would co-chair a coalition of mostly Democratic-led states to oppose them, The Hill reported on November 14. With the Governors Defending Democracy group, Democratic governors JB Pritzker (Illinois) and Jared Polis (Colorado) have rallied other Democratic attorneys general and governors, pledging to oppose Trump’s policies on everything from immigration to rolling back environmental protections. Khanh An
Concerns arise
If Mr. Biden's executive order is considered to hinder the development of AI, Mr. Trump's forecast of policy changes in this field also creates certain concerns.
Republicans win in the House of Representatives
The US media reported this morning (November 14, Vietnam time) that the Republican Party had achieved the 218 seats needed to gain a majority in the 435-seat US House of Representatives. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries also admitted that the Democratic Party did not win in this agency. Mr. Jeffries stated: "House Democrats have worked hard, conducted positive campaigns, focused on the future and focused on the people. Although we did not regain control of Congress in January, only missing a few seats, the Democratic Party will only give the Republican Party a narrow majority in the House of Representatives." Thus, the Republican Party officially controls both houses of Congress. This will create conditions for Mr. Donald Trump to promote an agenda that can profoundly change the US such as tariffs, immigration and trade. Tri Do
First, if the federal government cuts regulations, the sensitivity and risks of AI may prompt state governments to impose their own regulations. This irony will make it difficult for tech companies. As Megan Shahi, director of technology policy at the Center for American Progress, a think tank, puts it, the scenario "will create a patchwork system that companies will find difficult to comply with." In addition, the US Government Efficiency Department also aims to "cut wasteful spending," so observers are concerned that government funding packages for AI development may also be cut. This means limiting an important part of the resources that US companies can take advantage of. In addition, according to Eurasia Group, the policy of sanctions against the Chinese chip industry under Mr. Biden will almost certainly continue under Mr. Trump. The White House may even increase sanctions through tax measures in the future. But this also raises concerns about becoming a "double-edged sword". Mr. Matt Mittelsteadt (AI and policy research expert, George Mason University, USA) said: "AI hardware depends on materials that are not available or not produced in the US. And it is impossible to use any trade protection measures to "repatriate" something that cannot be "repatriated" like those materials". At that time, the US technology industry will lack materials to develop AI, while this is a strength of China. Regarding AI, expert Mittelsteadt said that the US needs to consider issuing control measures for AI software. According to him, this is especially necessary because some recent reports indicate that China has used Meta's open-source LLaMa models to develop projects for military purposes.
US and Chinese leaders to meet in Peru
The White House website announced on November 14 that incumbent US President Joe Biden will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the 2024 APEC Summit in Lima, Peru, on November 16. This will be the third face-to-face meeting between the two leaders since President Biden took office in January 2021. The two leaders are expected to hold talks on many global hot spots, including rising tensions between Washington and Beijing. Van Khoa
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