White House science chief says ‘promote and protect’ strategy must advance AI exports

Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, says President Trump’s “promote and protect” strategy for artificial intelligence is based on expanded use domestically and abroad, including by reforming export controls that may have kept U.S. technologies out of the hands of friends and allies.

“The previous administration had an intense fascination with export controls” that often made it “very difficult” for U.S. partners to access technology, while China was energetically promoting use of its...