Senior advisors to President Trump failed to persuade him to implement federal constraints on artificial intelligence after the leader labeled safety concerns a "hoax." The draft executive order from Michael Kratsios at the Office of Science and Technology Policy would have created an AI regulator modeled on FINRA, but the proposal stalled after a phone call between Trump and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. White House officials are now attempting to get AI labs to work together to audit their models.

The administration's approach emphasizes American dominance in the technology race over mandatory government oversight. A White House official stated that Trump intends to cement American dominance in AI while maintaining public safety. This policy direction follows months of internal efforts by top advisors to use executive authority to rein in the development of frontier AI systems.