🔥 Trump’s AI watchdog is hitting a wall as Big Tech pours money into Washington.
A Trump administration executive order to establish a new AI oversight agency is being stalled, as technology and AI businesses dramatically increase political spending in Washington.
According to data cited in the previous article:
• U.S. companies have spent a record $646M on federal political campaigns in the 18 months through June 2026
• Crypto: $206M
• Online betting: $76M
• Big Tech / AI / Data Centers: $62M
• These three groups account for about 53% of total corporate contributions in the 2026 cycle
• The figure of $646M is more than 40% higher than total corporate contributions across the entire 2024 presidential election cycle
Notably, AI has just become one of the industries spending to influence policy, while also facing the fact that the new AI regulatory apparatus is stalled.
I think this is the part worth watching: as AI becomes an industry worth hundreds of billions of dollars, the battle isn’t only about models or compute—it’s also about who has a voice in the lawmaking process.
AI is building the future. Washington decides the rules. 💀
Do you think the stalled AI oversight agency is due to complex political procedures, or does it show that the U.S. administration still hasn’t reached consensus on how to regulate the AI industry?
#AI #artificialintelligence #TRUMP #BigTechRally #Regulation
A Trump administration executive order to establish a new AI oversight agency is being stalled, as technology and AI businesses dramatically increase political spending in Washington.
According to data cited in the previous article:
• U.S. companies have spent a record $646M on federal political campaigns in the 18 months through June 2026
• Crypto: $206M
• Online betting: $76M
• Big Tech / AI / Data Centers: $62M
• These three groups account for about 53% of total corporate contributions in the 2026 cycle
• The figure of $646M is more than 40% higher than total corporate contributions across the entire 2024 presidential election cycle
Notably, AI has just become one of the industries spending to influence policy, while also facing the fact that the new AI regulatory apparatus is stalled.
I think this is the part worth watching: as AI becomes an industry worth hundreds of billions of dollars, the battle isn’t only about models or compute—it’s also about who has a voice in the lawmaking process.
AI is building the future. Washington decides the rules. 💀
Do you think the stalled AI oversight agency is due to complex political procedures, or does it show that the U.S. administration still hasn’t reached consensus on how to regulate the AI industry?
#AI #artificialintelligence #TRUMP #BigTechRally #Regulation
