28 August 2026
Trump administration pauses AI self-regulation executive order
First reported
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- A draft executive order proposing self-regulation oversight for frontier AI developers, frontier AI meaning cutting-edge models like GPT-4, circulated within the White House but has not moved forward.
- The proposal drew from ideas by Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.