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Silicon Valley backed Trump to kill AI regulation, now the industry is begging for rules
The AI industry that donated heavily to elect Donald Trump on the promise he would leave the technology alone is now asking for formal regulation, Politico reported on Friday. Executives at frontier AI companies told the outlet they view the administration’s ad hoc approach to model oversight as more damaging than anything the Biden administration [] This story continues at The Next Web
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POLITICO
· Jun 27, 2026
Tech industry grapples with Trump’s AI about-faces
Silicon Valley billionaires backed Trump due to fears that Democrats would overregulate AI. Now the White House is restricting the release of new AI models — and tech lobbyists are cautiously searching for answers.
Tampa Free Press
· Jun 29, 2026
“They Want Unchecked Power”: AOC Demands Big Tech Breakup After Apple Prices Surge $500
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) says it is time for the federal government to use antitrust laws to break up major tech giants like Apple. Speaking during an interview with Fox News on Sunday, the lawmaker argued that massive tech corporations are acting outside the bounds of standard corporate behavior while raising prices on consumers who [] “They Want Unchecked Power”: AOC Demands Big Tech Breakup After Apple Prices Surge 500
Jacobin
· Jun 30, 2026
Silicon Valley Is on a Lobbying Spree in California
Big Tech has grown enormously due to tactics such as price gouging and anticompetitive mergers and acquisitions. New legislation to address these in California faces a stiff and very well-funded resistance.
Fortune
· Jul 9, 2026
Microsoft’s Brad Smith on Washington’s AI policy: ‘Regulation without transparent or complete rules’
Microsoft President says companies need clear AI policy rules in order to plan
Bloomberg
· Jun 27, 2026
AI Power Crunch Has Investors Seeking Next IPO Winners
The artificial intelligence boom has a power problem, and Wall Street is betting billions on companies that promise to solve it — even if some of the technology hasn’t been fully developed yet.
The Wall Street Journal - Business
· Jul 5, 2026
Tech Billionaire Vinod Khosla Wants to Pay More Taxes. He Explained to Us Why.
The early OpenAI investor explains his qualms with America’s tax system, the reason Silicon Valley tilted toward Trump and how AI will change our economy.
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Related coverage for "Silicon Valley backed Trump to kill AI regulation, now the industry is begging for rules": POLITICO — Tech industry grapples with Trump’s AI about-faces. Tampa Free Press — “They Want Unchecked Power”: AOC Demands Big Tech Breakup After Apple Prices Surge $500. Jacobin — Silicon Valley Is on a Lobbying Spree in California. Fortune — Microsoft’s Brad Smith on Washington’s AI policy: ‘Regulation without transparent or complete rules’. Bloomberg — AI Power Crunch Has Investors Seeking Next IPO Winners. The Wall Street Journal - Business — Tech Billionaire Vinod Khosla Wants to Pay More Taxes. He Explained to Us Why.