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Senate Majority Leader John Thune says President Donald Trump is "not really dug in" against implementing guardrails for artificial intelligence, a position that contrasts with the president's public opposition to restricting the technology.
Thune told Axios that he believes some of Trump's strong pushback is directed at what he described as public "paranoia and noise around the subject" rather than the underlying policy merits.
Thune, who spoke to the outlet on Wednesday at his Capitol office, said he had a private conversation with Trump a few weeks ago as the AI issue was becoming "pretty hot." The Senate leader interprets the president's stance as a preference for technology companies to develop their own methods for securing systems, rather than having Congress or the administration impose strict regulations.
This approach would rely more heavily on experts to provide guidance.
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