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Trump Appoints Former Attorney General Pam Bondi in AI Advisory Panel

Pam Bondi's appointment in the PCAST comes a month after she was fired from her post as attorney general by Trump.

Bondi’s appointment in the CSAT comes barely a month after she was unceremoniously fired by Trump as Attorney General.

Trump Pulls Back on AI Executive Order After Pressure from Sacks and Industry

US President Donald Trump postponed signing an executive order on artificial intelligence on Thursday, May 21, after last-minute lobbying from Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and former White House AI adviser, David Sacks

The executive order would have required AI companies to share first-tier models with the Federal government at least 90 days before public release under a voluntary framework.

White House Set to Issue AI Order For 90-Day Access to Frontier Models

US President Donald Trump. (Pic credit: Wiki Commons)

The executive order arrives one week after Trump concluded a 36-hour state visit to Beijing on May 14th and May 15th and is a reversal of the Trump administration’s earlier stance on AI oversight.

Beijing Confirms Intergovernmental AI Dialogue with Washington After Trump-Xi Summit

China has officially confirmed of a dialogue between US and China over AI intergovernance.

While Beijing has formally confirmed that Trump and Xi agreed to launch intergovernmental AI dialogue during last week’s Beijing summit, Washington appears to have completely omitted mentioning this commitment in their official fact sheet.

Ahead of Trump’s China Visit, Bernie Sanders Calls for Ban on Superintelligence

Senator Bernie Sanders (left) has called on Donald Trump and Xi Jinping to ban superintelligence ahead of the US President's upcoming visit to China. (Photo: Shelly Prevost / Wikimedia Commons)

Senator Bernie Sanders has urged Trump and Xi to ban superintelligence and negotiate AI safety, invoking Reagan-Gorbachev nuclear arms control as precedent.

Microsoft Expands AI Footprint in Texas after OpenAI Exit

Microsoft Expands AI Footprint in Texas after OpenAI Exit

Microsoft’s expansion into Texas comes even as OpenAI backed off from the deal.