Former Senior White House Policy Advisor on Artificial Intelligence Sriram Krishnan said the White House will not create a centralized AI licensing body akin to the Food and Drug Administration.

Krishnan Rules Out AI Licensing

“This administration… has been against burdensome, onerous, bureaucratic red tape,” Krishnan told the Financial Times, as reported on Friday. He added officials aren’t “picking winners and losers.”

According to the report, Krishnan also said setting up a centralized agency to license AI models would put “sand in the gears” of the industry, requiring “a team of lawyers before you can get a model out.” He added flatly: “That is never, never going to happen under President Trump.”

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