Trump Allies Move to Sideline AI Safety Advocates After 2 Years of Washington Influence

3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Oct 6

Trump administration allies are pushing AI safety advocates out of influence after the movement spent years warning Washington about the technology’s risks.
Those advocates helped drive attention to AI dangers, and the administration adopted some of their policy ideas even as its allies cast the movement as cultish and unserious.
Berkeley-based safety figures now face a split outcome: their arguments shaped the debate, but their standing inside the new power structure is being cut back.

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