At a G20 “innovation” meeting hosted by the US in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump's tech adviser Michael Kratsios advocated for the “Carolina Principles,” which promote regulations that do not single out specific technologies. Trump's overall approach aims to make the US the world leader in AI by slashing regulations. Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg also argued for fewer constraints on AI expansion, with Musk criticizing European policies as generally making new things “default illegal.”

Concurrently, the European Commission confirmed it sent information requests to over 30 AI companies worldwide, a preliminary step towards formal investigations into compliance with the bloc’s AI Act. These requests, announced by Commission Vice President Henna Virkkunen, focus on safety and copyright compliance, with Brussels ready to enforce the Act’