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Trump’s administration returned to the executive order of former president Joe Biden, who created the rules regarding the development and distribution of AI. Since then, the government has retreated from technology regulation.
During the over three hours of hearing at the Senate Commission for Trade, Science and Transport, management Openai Altman himself CEO, AMD The president smoothes her, Coreweave Co -founder and general director Michael Intrator i Microsoft The vice -chairman and president of Brad Smith called on decision -makers to facilitate the infrastructure building process around the development of AI.
Management told decision -makers that accelerating the permit for permission to build up-to-date data centers, power plants for the energy of data centers, and even chip producers key in planting AI technology and maintenance of national competitive against China. They also talked about the need for more qualified employees, such as electricians, alleviating the immigration of software talents and encouraging “AI diffusion” or admission of generative AI models in the USA and around the world.
Altman, freshly visited the star star -like company in Texas, told senators that the US is paying a fee in artificial intelligence, but needs more infrastructure, such as power plants to drive the next phase.
“I think that the next decade will concern abundant intelligence and abundant energy. Make sure that America leads in both of them, that we are able to introduce these double revolutions that will change the world in which we live in an extremely positive way,” said Altman.
The interrogation occurred when the Trump administration determines how much influence it would have in AI space. Senator Ted Cruz from Texas, chairman of the committee, said he proposed to create AI regulatory sandbox.
Smith Microsoft said in his own Written testimonies The fact that American AI companies must continue to introduce innovations because “this is a race that no company or country can win by itself.”
Supporting a pile of AI technology
Smith from Microsoft has developed a pile of AI Tech, which, as he said, shows how essential every segment of the innovation sector is.
“We are all in this time. If the United States is successful in running the world in artificial intelligence, requires infrastructure, requires success at the platform level, requires people who create applications,” said Smith.
He added: “Innovations will be faster with more infrastructure, faster permits and more electricians.”
Su Amd repeated that “maintaining our lead actually requires perfection on every layer of stack.”
“I think that open ecosystems are really the foundation stone of American leadership, and this allows ideas to come from everywhere and every part of the innovation sector,” said Su. “It reduces entry barriers and strengthening security, as well as creating a competitive ideas market.”
Because AI models need more and more graphic processors for training, you need to improve the production of systems, build more data centers and find ways of powering them have become even more critical. The Act on chips and sciences, the law from the time of Biden, was It is measured The production of semiconductors in the USA, but creating the necessary systems to power the most powerful models in the world is sluggish and costly.
In recent months, companies such as Cerebras have announced plans to build more data centers to lend a hand process the training and inference model.
A break from the current rules
Most Republican decision makers of the Senate explained during the interrogation that Trump’s administration would prefer not to regulate the development of artificial intelligence, preferring a sleeveless approach on the market. This administration also sought to greater development of the US -oriented, demanding companies using American products and creating more American jobs.
However, managers noticed that in order for American artificial intelligence competitive, companies need access to international talents and, more importantly, clear export policies so that models made in the US can be attractive to other countries.
“We need faster adoption, which people call AI diffusion. The ability to work AI to work in every part of the American economy in order to increase efficiency, increase economic growth, enable people to introduce innovation at work,” said Smith. “If America leads the world, we must connect with the world. Our global leadership is based on our ability to serve the world with the right approach and our ability to maintain the rest of the world.”
He added that the removal of quantitative hats for countries is necessary because this policy “sent a message to 120 nations that could not count on this to ensure the needed and in need of artificial intelligence.”
Altman noticed: “Great fries and models will be trained all over the world,” repeating the leading position of American companies in space.
There are several good messages in the AI diffusion area, because the commercial department is underway during the trial announced that he was modifying the rules From the Biden administration, which restricted which countries can receive tokens produced by American companies. The rule was to apply on May 15.
Although the management stated that government standards would be helpful, they condemned all transition to the “preliminary application” model similar to the EU.
Open ecosystem
Generative AI occupies a limine space in technology regulation. On the one hand, a comparative lack of rules allowed companies like OpenAI to develop technology without fear of repercussions. On the other hand, AI, like the Internet and social media before him, moves the lives of people professionally and personally.
In a sense, the management pulled away from how the Trump administration established the development of the US. The trial has shown that although AI want government support to accelerate the process of expanding AI infrastructure, they must also be more open to the rest of the world. Requires talent from abroad. He must sell products and platforms to other countries.
Comment on social media is different, and some indicated that the management, in particular Altman, had different opinions about regulations.
2023 Altman himself: tells Congress that a up-to-date agency should be created to require a license for powerful AI models
2025 Altman himself: He tells Congress requiring a license for powerful AI models would be “catastrophic”
– Tom Simonite (@Tsimonite) May 8, 2025
EXECS AI begging for regulation. Not anymore. https://t.co/hcdfsj2lcj
– Daniel Patrick Forrester (@DPFORrester) May 9, 2025
Others have noticed that other countries can see where their own policy AI has failed.
It is very long and partly dull. But if you work in a European or EU country, it should be mandatory.
Hearing of the Senate on AI with Sam Altman, CEO AMD, president of Microsoft and founder of Coreweave.
One huge recurring motif: “How to make sure that the failures …
– Jo Bhakdi (@jobhakdi) May 8, 2025
