‘I didn't like certain aspects’: Trump postpones AI executive order

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Summary

Trump postpones an AI executive order, expressing dissatisfaction with certain aspects of it, though the reasons remain unclear.

Why? We have no clue. But, honestly, who would think for a micro-second that Trump knows the first thing about AI except how to make obnoxious memes?
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