
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A group of more than 60 loyal allies of President Trump is urging him to test and approve the most powerful ;AI models ;before they&#8217;re released, according to a new letter shared first with Axios.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The letter, signed by ;MAGA heavy-hitter, Steve Bannon ;and conservative anti-AI activists Amy Kremer and Brendan Steinhauser &#8212; puts a vocal faction of the MAGA base seemingly at odds with the White House&#8217;s “hands-off” approach to AI.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Despite the concerns raised by the letter, inside the White House, the prevailing view is the opposite, that America will win the AI race by keeping regulation light and knocking down most state-level AI laws. Even administration officials who support testing and evaluating models have backed away from the idea that the government should approve them.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">However, Bannon, a first-term Trump official who hosts the influential &#8220;War Room&#8221; podcast, has been warning MAGA for more than a year about possible job devastation from AI.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8220;This letter takes us next level,&#8221; Bannon told Axios. &#8220;The letter lays out [that] we must have mandatory testing and government approval.&#8221;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>What’s In the Letter?</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The letter — organized by Humans First, a conservative group whose tagline is &#8220;technology should serve humans &#8230; not replace them&#8221; — compares AI to nuclear systems and aviation.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8220;The most powerful AI systems, which can now, or soon will be able to, assist in designing bioweapons, breaking into critical infrastructure, or manipulating financial markets, should be treated with the same seriousness and care.&#8221;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8220;For this reason, we support proposed policies that require mandatory testing, evaluation, vetting, and government approval of potentially dangerous frontier AI systems before they are deployed. This is the sort of strong, principled, and pragmatic leadership you have shown throughout your presidency.&#8221;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The letter takes a shot at the CEOs of AI companies, calling them &#8220;elites&#8221; without naming them specifically:</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8220;America did not become the greatest nation in the world by allowing unelected elites to experiment on the public without safeguards or accountability. America First means American strength, American security, and the protection of our people first.&#8221;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">According to Axios, while not directly responding to the letter, the White House is weighing several options to step up AI regulation as the most powerful models yet come online.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The outlet also said that a push by MAGA allies for stronger rules will get harder for the White House to ignore. <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28131030-humans-first-ai-letter-trump/">Click here</a> to read the letter in its entirety and see all of its signatories.</p>



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Prominent MAGA Voices Urge Trump To Vet AI Models Before They Are Released
