Silicon Valley paid to kill AI regulation, now it wants the rules back
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AI executives who donated heavily to elect Donald Trump on a deregulation platform are now calling for formal AI regulation after the administration's chaotic, ad hoc approach to model oversight. The White House imposed export controls on Anthropic's Mythos 5 and Fable 5 models and restricted OpenAI's Sol model to roughly 20 government-approved partners — the first time a US frontier model launched under a government-managed access list. Industry insiders describe the result as a de facto European-style licensing regime, more damaging than anything the Biden administration proposed. Companies are afraid to lobby for clarity, fearing regulatory retaliation. A coordinated industry push for a formal framework is underway, with hopes the administration will replace the current crackdown with the voluntary vetting process outlined in its June 2 executive order.
