Biden Threatens to Stifle US Tech Innovation with a Too Hasty AI Power Grab

Moreover, explains tech policy analyst Adam Thierer, the order would allow federal agencies to subtly transform voluntary guidelines into a firm regulatory framework, especially given congressional AI inaction. Also, the order’s endorsement for the Lina Khan-led Federal Trade Commission to increase its AI focus raises huge overreach concerns, considering the FTC’s broad powers and Khan’s ideological eagerness to use them against America’s biggest tech companies.