‘Huge red flag’: Top Biden tech adviser warns of AI and the authoritarian moment

Photo: Arati Prabhakar – DARPA OSTP Science Advisor Portrait – May 9, 2022. Photo credit: Christopher.Michel via Flickr. CC BY 2.0. Article by Rebecca Heilweil. Fast Company – November 22, 2025.

Camps are finally emerging in the big fight over whether and how to regulate AI. President Donald Trump earlier this week declared that he would block local officials who try to regulate the technology; according to a draft executive order leaked on Wednesday, the administration will punish states that try. State lawmakers and members of Congress—including Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene—are now pushing back. This has been a long time coming. Members of Congress have put out myriad proposals for regulating artificial intelligence, but no significant legislative package has come through. […]

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