February 8, 2025
Bipartisan consensus on AI appears waning as GOP platform pledges to repeal Biden order
Tech-sector groups and sources are downplaying the practical ramifications of a commitment in the Republican National Committee’s 2024 platform to revoke President Biden’s executive order on artificial intelligence, although the policy plank reflects intensifying GOP opposition to AI regulation in contrast to bipartisan calls for greater oversight of the technology that dominated policy discussions earlier this year.
The platform adopted on July 8 by the RNC in advance of the party’s July 15-18 national convention includes a short section on...