AnalysisPolicyAugust 20, 2026

GOP panics over Big Tech ties as Trump shifts on AI regulation

Gary Marcus says Trump has shifted from opposing AI regulation to encouraging voluntary preflight testing of frontier AI models, per an Axios report. Guardrails Alliance political director Charlie Blaettler says the GOP is panicking because "Big AI's agenda" is wildly unpopular with Americans.

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