FT: Trump will never support a US AI regulator, says outgoing adviser Sriram Krishnan.
Rohan Paul Twitter · Rohan Paul (@rohanpaul_ai) · 2026-07-04
Outgoing White House AI adviser Sriram Krishnan tells the Financial Times that Trump will never support a broad US AI regulatory body, favoring cyber-risk pressure managed by companies and intelligence agencies instead.
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Topics: ai-policyai-regulationus-governmentopen-weight-modelsus-china-ai-competition
Claims
- Trump will never support a broad US AI regulatory or licensing body, according to outgoing White House AI adviser Sriram Krishnan.
- The administration's AI policy favors selective pressure around cyber risk over a comprehensive licensing regime.
- Krishnan believes companies, chipmakers, security firms, and intelligence agencies should manage AI risk rather than a government regulator.
- Krishnan expressed concern that China has competitive open-weight models while the US lacks a leading American open-weight model.
- Krishnan warned that Americans need a visible share of AI's economic gains or public resentment will keep growing.
Key quotes
It is very concerning to me that we have these Chinese open-weight models that are good, and we don't really have a leading American open-weight model yet.