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Technology executives are publicly calling for federal AI regulation, but the Trump administration and Congress have shown little urgency to move forward with legislation. The gap between industry appetite for rules and political action leaves the AI sector largely self-governed for now.

Why this matters: When tech CEOs ask to be regulated, it is worth taking that seriously — and skeptically. Sometimes it is genuine concern. Sometimes it is an attempt to shape the rules before someone else does, locking in advantages and locking out smaller competitors. Either way, the people who built these systems are saying oversight is needed. Congress and the White House are not acting on that. So the most powerful AI tools in history keep operating without a clear legal framework, and when something goes wrong, there is no obvious place to point for accountability.

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