Jensen Huang, Demis Hassabis, Elon Musk, Sam Altman and others will participate in a G20 Technology meeting in North Carolina, the goal is to get them to sign on to a commitment to "light-touch AI regulation"

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The US is proposing the Carolina Principles at a G20 Technology meeting to promote light-touch AI regulation, with participation from notable tech leaders like Jensen Huang and Elon Musk, contrasting with calls for stronger oversight.

The US will push something called the Carolina Principles, a policy where governments commit to avoid creating new regulatory bodies to regulate AI. The Carolina Principles is backed by the Trump admin and tech figures like Musk and Altman and this framework explicitly discourages creating new regulatory bodies. Hassabis in July called for the United States to create an organization that would test the most powerful AI systems before they can be released to the public. He has previously advocated for stronger, centralized oversight, proposing a specialized US regulatory body to pre-test powerful AI models, which contrasts with the self-regulatory framework being proposed by the event hosts. https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260901-us-to-press-g20-on-light-touch-ai-regulationc

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