Vice President Vance said Tuesday that “large” restrictions on artificial intelligence could choke down technology, and rejected content moderation as “authoritarian censorship.”
Another indication of divergence towards AI governance is that the US and the UK will not register in the final statement of the French-covered AI Summit, which stated that AI should be comprehensive, open, ethical and safe. did.
As technology takes root, the mood of AI has shifted to geopolitical competition as the nation that will nurture the next big AI giant, from one safety concern to geopolitical competition.
Vance, who set the Trump administration's first American agenda, said the US intended to remain the dominant force of AI and strongly opposed the European Union's much more stringent regulatory approach.
“We believe excessive restrictions in the AI sector could kill transformative industries,” Vance told Paris CEO and Head of State summit.
“We feel very strongly that AI will be freed from ideological prejudice and that American AI will not be adopted as a tool for authoritarian censorship.”
Vance criticized the “large regulations” created by the EU's digital services laws and the European online privacy regulations.
“Of course we want to ensure that the internet is a safe place, but that's one thing to prevent predators from preying on children on the internet, and the opinions of grown men and women. “It's completely different to prevent access to the government, which thinks it's misinformation,” he said.
Last year, European lawmakers approved the world's first comprehensive block AI law A set of rules to manage technology.
Vance leads an American delegation at the Paris Summit.
He left shortly after the speech, and spoke after the European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen, or French President Emmanuel Macron gave a closing speech.
He later met with each individual separately for discussion.
China warning
In his speech, Vance also appeared to be targeting China at a subtle moment for the US tech sector.
Last month, Chinese startup Deepseek freely distributed a powerful AI reasoning model that some say has challenged US technology leadership. American Chip Designer Nvidia's shares fell 17%.
“From CCTV to 5G equipment, we are all familiar with the cheap technology in the markets that are heavily subsidized and exported by the authoritarian regime,” Vance said.
But “partnering with them means that your information will penetrate your information infrastructure, bring your country to an authoritarian master who is about to dig into and seize it,” he said. I added.
Vance did not mention deepseek by name.
There is no evidence that information could be secretly flowing through startup technology to the Chinese government, and the underlying code is freely available for use and viewing.
However, some government organizations reportedly ban the use of Deepseek.
