executive order

Big Tech Killed AI Regulation Before It Was Born The Trump administration's new AI oversight order landed this week with all the fanfare of a press release—which is basically what it was. What started as a framework for federal review of frontier AI models before release has become a voluntary suggestion that companies can ignore. Per TechCrunch, the revised order came after weeks of industry objections, ultimately requiring only that advanced AI developers opt-in to 30-day government reviews. Not a mandate. Not even a strongly worded preference. A polite invitation. This isn't incompetence or flip-flopping—it's the sound of Silicon Valley…