President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to rescind President Joe Biden’s artificial intelligence (AI) executive order once he takes office in January 2025.

Global security negotiations are set in San Francisco, where US allies and tech leaders discuss the transformative potential of artificial intelligence and its increasing risks.

Officials from several US allies – including Canada, Kenya, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the 27-member European Union –are scheduled to meet at the International Network of AI Security Institutes, an event hosted by the Biden administration.

In his presidential campaign platform, Trump promised to “rescind Joe Biden’s dangerous executive order that impedes AI innovation and imposes radical leftist ideas on the development of this technology.”

With vocal AI enthusiast and billionaire ally Elon Musk in tow, the incoming president’s approach to the industry is not yet clear.

How Trump’s plans differ from Biden’s approach

Biden’s executive order established security protocols for the use of AI in government and commerce and created the AI ​​Security Institute within the Department of Commerce.

Trump criticized the order, signed in October 2023, as a barrier to innovation.

However, Trump and his team have not specified what parts of the policy they find inappropriate or how they would otherwise approach AI.

While Trump calls Biden’s measures stifling innovation, many industry leaders see them as necessary.

Amazon, Google and Microsoft are among the companies backing Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo’s efforts to codify the AI ​​Safety Institute’s work into law.

UN chief Guterres’ warning about the risks of AI

Leaders from ten countries and the European Union gathered at an AI summit in Seoul earlier this year, where companies like Meta and OpenAI pledged to disable systems that pose intolerable risks.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres addressed the summit via video link.

“We cannot sleepwalk into a dystopian future where the power of artificial intelligence is controlled by a few people — or worse, algorithms that are beyond human comprehension,” he said.

The US delegation emphasized its leadership in artificial intelligence, which has been championed by Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. Harris, who has spearheaded initiatives like the AI ​​Bill of Rights and voluntary security commitments from major tech firms, has positioned the US as a global leader in balancing innovation and responsibility.

Will anything really change?

Trump rarely addressed artificial intelligence during his first presidency.

But in the final weeks of his first term, he became the first president to sign an executive order on AI, directing federal agencies to prioritize research and development in the field.

This was before the explosion of ChatGPT, NVIDIA and Apple’s multi-billion dollar push for Apple Intelligence.

Heather West, senior fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis, said the industry does not see the impending transition of the US government as a huge threat to the development of artificial intelligence. He says there is a bipartisan consensus for a balance between research and security.

“There’s no reason to believe we’re going to do a 180 when it comes to the work of the AI ​​Safety Institute.”

This article includes reporting from The Associated Press.