AI CEOs Predictably Suck Up to Trump Amid ‘AI Pause’ Debate
THE SO WHAT
AI governance is drifting into retail politics—when OpenAI and Nvidia CEOs are courting Trump directly, regulatory risk becomes election-cycle risk. Operators should scenario-plan AI policy like tax or trade policy: model outcomes under different administrations rather than assuming a steady regulatory trajectory.
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