US President Donald Trump canceled his plan of signing an anticipated executive order on Artificial Intelligence on Thursday.
Postponing his signature in a White House ceremony at the last minute amid a group of executives from the country’s top technology firms waiting at the Oval Office.
According to Trump, he decided to cancel the order due to his concern over possible delay of America in the competition for global leadership in AI.
In fact, Trump argued that America is now ahead of China as well as the rest of the world in terms of AI and that he wants the country “to keep its advantage.”
Trump considered this order as a hurdle, as there were several clauses in the order he was not quite satisfied with.
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According to The New York Times, the order would give the American government the power to assess risks in advance for different AI models in terms of their security features.
Apart from that, this order would help to establish voluntary partnerships between the government and some of the major AI firms in the industry.
“The main reason for the delay was that Trump just hates regulation and Sacks didn’t like it either,” said one source familiar with the matter.
There had also been questions about why the Treasury Department, not generally the agency that handles such work, would be taking a leading role in finding and fixing AI security flaws..
Cuba and Iran in focus
Trump went on air using his Oval Office appearance to express an opinion on Cuba.
The U.S. President spoke following the indictment by the Department of Justice against the former Cuban leader Raul Castro over the destruction of two civilian aircraft flown by the Miami based exiles.
According to him, the previous presidents looked into this matter but did nothing about it over the last 50 years.
However, Trump was convinced he would do something about the situation since it seemed to him he was supposed to.
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The head of the U.S. diplomacy Marco Rubio, a Cuban born and Cuban critic, noted that although Washington preferred the negotiations, there were no chances of getting a peaceful settlement due to Cuba’s political regime.
With respect to Iran, Trump continued insisting on the surrender of their highly enriched uranium.
He noted, “We will get it. We don’t need it, we don’t want it. We’ll probably destroy it after we get it, but we’re not going to let them have it.”
The uranium has become a major stumbling block in talks to end the war between Iran and the US and Israel, with Tehran repeatedly refusing any transfer.
Trump has said Iran must be stopped from obtaining a nuclear weapon and has at times threatened new military strikes if his demands are not met.
