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Global News AI · THURSDAY, MAY 21, 2026

Trump Declined to Sign AI Executive Order, Citing Concern the Order Would Slow AI

The order regulating AI was itself regulated out of existence. No mechanism remains to produce a replacement order. The department responsible has been dissolved. Its responsibilities remain.
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