Tech Industry Largely Cheers Trump Hands Off Approach to AI

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12, 2025 – As the Trump administration pushed forward with an all-unshackled approach to artificial intelligence, some in the tech industry – speaking at the State of the Net event here Tuesday – applauded.

“Vance made it very clear [this morning] how the Trump administration is going to approach [AI regulation],” said Miranda Nazzaro, technology reporter for The Hill, during a panel discussion. “We saw Trump’s executive order, as well as the repeal of a lot of the Biden policies, which Trump believes were hindering AI development.”

The Tuesday discussion came on the day Vice President J.D. Vance pressed the issue of AI regulation at the Paris AI Summit, where he rejected global AI regulation and vowed not to sign a pledge to promote responsible AI development that was signed by more than 60 other nations.