--- title: Brad Smith: the US regulates AI with no clear rules description: Microsoft president Brad Smith warns that the US is effectively regulating AI through ad hoc enforcement actions rather than transparent, codified rules. He... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/brad-smith-the-us-regulates-ai-with-no-clear-rules-v8dty96pn twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Brad Smith: the US regulates AI with no clear rules | daily.dev og:description: Microsoft president Brad Smith warns that the US is effectively regulating AI through ad hoc enforcement actions rather than transparent, codified rules. He... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/brad-smith-the-us-regulates-ai-with-no-clear-rules-v8dty96pn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/v8Dty96PN.png og:image:alt: Brad Smith: the US regulates AI with no clear rules og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Brad Smith: the US regulates AI with no clear rules **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Microsoft president Brad Smith warns that the US is effectively regulating AI through ad hoc enforcement actions rather than transparent, codified rules. He points to two recent Trump administration moves — using export-control law to pull Anthropic's Fable 5 models globally over a cybersecurity concern, and pressuring OpenAI to delay the public launch of GPT-5.6 — as examples of government reaching for blunt, outdated tools in the absence of proper AI legislation. Both restrictions have since eased, but Smith argues the unpredictability damages business planning and erodes international trust in US AI providers. A June executive order established only a voluntary pre-review process, leaving key details like who qualifies as a 'trusted partner' unpublished. The episode has also accelerated sovereign AI movements in Europe and Canada, with foreign leaders citing over-reliance on US providers as a strategic risk. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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