Artificial intelligence regulation is in a state of paralysis in Washington.
The technology is rapidly evolving, while opposing camps increasingly view the quick evolution of AI as a reason to fight each other harder and faster.
Policymakers in the White House and Congress who are looking to find a compromise between a hands-off approach and a safety-first mentality are stymied by the lack of intellectual consensus.
The executive order debacle last week — when President Donald Trump stopped short of endorsing a ready-to-sign order on advanced AI — was a glaring sign of just how difficult it’s been.
And now the White House is going back to the drawing board.
