Civil society groups ask White House to preserve protections while targeting AI obstacles

Thirty-four civil society groups plead with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy to maintain “decades” of civil rights and consumer protections as Trump administration officials scour the regulatory landscape for obstacles to development and deployment of artificial intelligence.

“We urge OSTP to ensure that modernization efforts strengthen -- not weaken -- civil rights protections and consumer safety,” the groups say, while pointing to guidance from President Trump’s own Office of Management and Budget, M-25-21, “as an...