In Silicon Valley, AI founders cheer Trump’s calls for the industry to police itself on safety - ABC News

Silicon Valley AI founders are cheering the Trump administration's calls for the industry to police itself on safety, according to an ABC News report. The article states that federal policy has been reoriented away from oversight and toward rapid growth. It also states that previous requirements for AI developers to share safety test results with the federal government have been cancelled. The headline says the founders cheer Trump's calls for the industry to police itself on safety.

The report includes criticism from Myers West, now co-executive director of the nonprofit AI Now. West said the self-regulatory approach "has consistently done one thing, which is failed to work." The article describes the founders' reaction as supportive of the administration's direction. It frames the shift as a move away from oversight and toward rapid growth. The cancellation of safety test result sharing is presented as part of that reorientation.

The article contrasts the founders' approval with West's assessment that self-regulation has not worked. It does not provide additional details about which previous requirements were cancelled or which AI developers had been subject to them. It also does not specify when the policy change occurred or how it will be implemented. The report does not name individual founders or individual AI developers. The piece is attributed to ABC News and is described as a wire story.