Sources: David Sacks told President Trump that federal reviews of AI models before release would slow down innovation and hurt the US in its AI race with China

But during a conversation with Trump, Sacks told the president that companies were already cooperating, and that having …

Politico 2026-05-22

@quinnypig Corey Quinn on x
‘Regulation slows innovation’ is the same argument the telcos used to kill net neutrality. It worked then. The ‘innovation’ that followed was data caps.
@kenbazinet Ken Bazinet on bluesky
The reversal also came after industry officials raised concerns about a proposed voluntary review process for cutting-edge “frontier” AI models, according to four people familiar with the matter, who were granted anonymity to discuss private discussions, Politico reported.
@robertscotthorton Scott Horton on bluesky
The AI exec. order was postponed because David Sacks called Trump this morning and argued that having the federal government review models before their public release would slow down innovation and harm the U.S. in its AI race with China. www.politico.com/news/2026/05...
@sophiacai99 Sophia Cai on x
2/ More of Trump's still un-released AI order that outlines a voluntary process for government review of advanced AI models [image]
@sophiacai99 Sophia Cai on x
NEW: Read the full AI exec. order that was supposed to go out yesterday 1/ [image]
@sophiacai99 Sophia Cai on x
New: The AI exec. order was postponed because David Sacks called Trump this morning and argued that having the federal government review models before their public release would slow down innovation and harm the U.S. in its AI race with China. David Sacks was read in on the EO

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