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Trump administration not picking AI winners and losers: Wiles

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by Julia Shapero - 05/07/26 2:11 PM ET

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White House chief of staff Susie Wiles said Wednesday that the Trump administration is “not in the business of picking winners and losers” on AI, as officials grapple with how to safely roll out more advanced models.

“This administration has one goal; ensure the best and safest tech is deployed rapidly to defeat any and all threats,” Wiles wrote in a post on social platform X. “We appreciate the effort being made by the frontier labs to ensure that goal is met.”

“The White House will continue to lead an America First effort that empowers America’s great innovators, not bureaucracy, to drive safe deployment of powerful technologies while keeping America safe,” she continued. “Really, it’s common sense!”

Her comments come after National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said earlier Wednesday that the White House is considering an executive order requiring AI models to go through a process so “they’re released in the wild after they’ve been proven safe, just like an FDA drug.”

Several other outlets have also reported that the administration is weighing executive actions to contain security risks from new models, including a potential vetting regime.

This has sparked pushback from some in the artificial intelligence space, who warn that such a process could limit the pace of innovation for the technology.

The limited release of Mythos, Anthropic’s most advanced AI model yet, sent shockwaves through Washington and Wall Street last month. The AI company said the model can spot decades-old security vulnerabilities in web browsers, software and infrastructure.

This capability is a double-edged sword, helping institutions find and patch vulnerabilities, while also empowering hackers to discover weak spots more quickly.

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