#TrumpRejectsAIRulesForVoluntaryAudits

Context and criticism
His former AI czar, David Sacks, attended the lunch and has dismissed outside assessments as "pseudoscience."
Some firms poised to do the reviews have already met with the Center for AI Standards and Innovation inside the Commerce Department.

Bloomberg links his engagement on safety to AI becoming politically charged ahead of the November elections, with voters skeptical of the technology.