‘Little weird, a bit of a Trojan Horse’: Vance skeptical of AI firms 'begging' for govt regulation

JD Vance criticizes AI leaders' call for government regulation, calls it a 'Trojan horse'

VP JD Vance accuses AI giants of leveraging safety concerns to regulate competitors, not themselves—regulatory capture playbook. For tech leaders this signals US support for pro-growth AI policy over heavy regulation, preventing innovation flight to friendlier jurisdictions.