00:00U.S. President Donald Trump has delayed an executive order on artificial intelligence just hours before it was set to
00:07be signed, amid concerns about America's competitiveness against China.
00:11He says parts of the proposed order could weaken the U.S.'s advantage in AI development.
00:20Because I didn't like certain aspects of it, I postponed it.
00:25I think it gets in the way of, you know, we're leading China, we're leading everybody, and I don't want
00:30to do anything that's going to get in the way of that lead.
00:33We have a very substantial on AI. It's causing tremendous good, and it's also bringing in a lot of jobs,
00:41tremendous numbers of jobs.
00:43Again, we have more people working right now than we've ever had. I really thought that could have been a
00:48blocker, and I want to make sure that it's not.
00:51Washington is reported to have paused the plan following pressure from major technology figures, including Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and
00:58Trump's former AI advisor, David Sachs.
01:02Reuters previously reported that the proposed executive order would create a voluntary framework, allowing AI companies to engage more closely
01:10with the U.S. government.
01:11It would have applied before developers publicly release advanced AI models and other high-level AI systems for commercial or
01:19public use.
01:20Technology industry groups have warned the move could reduce profits by slowing model releases or forcing costly operational and security
01:29compliance changes.
