Every binding AI review Washington has proposed has come back voluntary. Zuckerberg reportedly rang Trump about the latest one.

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Mark Zuckerberg raised concerns about a proposed national AI regulator in a previously unreported call with Donald Trump in mid-August, Politico reports. The two options still on the table are a FINRA-style body funded by the firms it would oversee and an MPA-style voluntary ratings scheme, so the debate is over how much self-regulation rather than whether. It is the latest instance of a documented pattern in which binding review mechanisms come back voluntary after industry contact.

Mark Zuckerberg raised concerns about a national AI regulator in a previously unreported call with Donald Trump during the week of 17 August, Sophia Cai and Charles Rollet reported for Politico. A senior White House official directly familiar with the conversation said the Meta chief executive opposed the proposal, and was granted anonymity to discuss a private call.

Another person familiar with the matter told Politico that Zuckerberg did not ask Trump...

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