Tech leaders and Trump administration officials advocated for minimal AI regulation at a G20 summit in North Carolina.
Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, and Tesla’s Elon Musk joined the push for a light-touch approach. The executives argued that heavy-handed regulations for hypothetical harms are unnecessary.
Trump administration officials stated that strict rules stifle innovation and economic growth. Huang noted that rapid technological advancements are already making AI safer.
Musk specifically criticized the European regulatory framework for inhibiting progress. The U.S. delegation introduced the Carolina Principles, a set of non-binding guidelines for G20 nations.