White House’s ‘lack of organization’ has AI lobbyists fretting - POLITICO

The Trump administration has sent mixed signals about how tough it intends to be in vetting powerful new computer models. The emergence of Mythos, a powerful AI model from the company Anthropic, has scrambled expectations that the Trump administration would take a largely hands-off approach to the technology. | AFP via Getty Images The Trump administration’s shifting stance on regulating artificial intelligence is fueling fresh uncertainty for the tech industry. Seven lobbyists and policy advisers told POLITICO they’ve struggled to get specifics on a possible executive order that could impose tough vetting rules on new AI models, a major question that has gotten mixed messages from the White House in recent days. “There is no clarity,” said one senior tech lobbyist, who like others in this piece was granted anonymity to describe sensitive and fast-changing discussions. The person contended that “different factions within the White House have different views about what should happen.” T

The Trump administration has sent mixed signals about how tough it intends to be in vetting powerful new computer models. The emergence of Mythos, a powerful AI model from the company Anthropic, has scrambled expectations that the Trump administration would take a largely hands-off approach to the technology. | AFP via Getty Images The Trump administration’s shifting stance on regulating artificial intelligence is fueling fresh uncertainty for the tech industry. Seven lobbyists and policy advisers told POLITICO they’ve struggled to get specifics on a possible executive order that could impose