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May 24, 2026

Trump abruptly cancels AI safety executive order after pressure from Musk, Zuckerberg and Sacks

Also: Andrej Karpathy joins Anthropic to lead recursive self-improvement research team‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 

X-Risk Daily

Sunday 24 May 2026

Transformative AI
Trump abruptly cancels AI safety executive order after pressure from Musk, Zuckerberg and Sacks
On 21 May, President Trump cancelled a planned executive order on AI safety just hours before a scheduled signing ceremony, following direct intervention from tech executives including his former AI czar David Sacks, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.

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