Trump Wants The World To Follow America's AI Playbook. His Own Team Is Still Fighting Over It.

The Trump administration is urging G20 countries to follow the U.S. lead on artificial intelligence and avoid sweeping new regulations, even as internal disagreements between the Commerce Department and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) over AI policy leadership have surfaced at this week's G20 Innovation Summit in North Carolina. Axios reported that officials are still debating oversight of advanced AI models, including a proposal for a new regulatory body modeled partly on the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, which Trump's outside AI adviser David Sacks opposes. The administration's push is part of the run-up to the G20 Leaders' Summit in Miami in December, where U.S. officials want member countries to avoid creating new AI regulatory institutions.

Trump Wants The World To Follow America’s AI Playbook. His Own Team Is Still Fighting Over It. Commerce and the White House tech policy office are competing for influence as Washington urges G20 countries to take a lighter approach to AI regulation. The Trump administration https://www.ibtimes.com/topic/donald-trump is urging other countries to follow the U.S. lead on artificial intelligence https://www.ibtimes.com/social-tags/artificial-intelligence and resist imposing sweeping new regulations, even as disagreements inside the administration over who should shape that policy have spilled into this week's G20 Innovation Summit in North Carolina. Tensions between the Commerce Department and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, or OSTP, have intensified as both seek influence over President Donald Trump's AI agenda, Axios https://www.axios.com/2026/09/02/trump-ai-g20-innovation-summit detailed. A White House spokesperson rejected the characterization of a split, saying the two offices were jointly leading the summit and that Trump's team was working together to promote American AI leadership. Washington's message to other G20 members has been more consistent, with U.S. officials pushing governments to avoid creating broad new regulatory structures for AI.Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang similarly urged governments to focus regulation on demonstrated harms rather than theoretical risks. That position follows the administration's existing push to reduce regulatory barriers at home. The White House AI Action Plan https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2025/07/white-house-unveils-americas-ai-action-plan/ calls for accelerating innovation, expanding U.S. AI infrastructure and promoting American technology internationally, including full-stack AI packages combining chips, models, software and applications. Trump has also called for a uniform national regulatory framework rather than a patchwork of state AI laws. The White House https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2026/03/president-donald-j-trump-unveils-national-ai-legislative-framework/ also said in March that its proposed framework would seek to remove unnecessary barriers while addressing issues including children's safety, intellectual property and free speech. The administration has yet to settle several major elements of its AI policy, however. Axios reported that officials are still discussing oversight of the most advanced AI models, including a proposal for a new regulatory body modeled partly on the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, while Trump's outside AI adviser David Sacks has opposed creating another regulator. The administration's international push will extend beyond the North Carolina meeting. The summit is part of the run-up to the G20 Leaders' Summit in Miami in December, and Reuters https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/spacexs-musk-david-sacks-join-altman-huang-g20-event-2026-08-27/ reported that U.S. officials want member countries to avoid creating new AI regulatory institutions and instead work with existing frameworks as the technology develops. © Copyright IBTimes 2026. All rights reserved.