Alexander Panetta

For 28 years: a journalist @ CBC, POLITICO, CP. Next: getting a master’s in Artificial Intelligence management at Georgetown.

[Bob King @BKingDC]

The language prohibiting "the creation of a mandatory governmental licensing, preclearance, or permitting requirement" is NOT new.

The May 21 draft that @politico published (the one Sacks urged Trump not to sign) had the identical wording:

https://t.co/imRkGBCKxD

[David Sacks @DavidSacks]

Many have reached out to me regarding the new Cyber EO. A few thoughts:

First, President Trump is the most pro-innovation president we’ve ever had. He’s made it clear that the U.S. has to win the AI race and that a pro-innovation, pro-energy, and pro-infrastructure policy is the way to do that. Thanks to President Trump, AI will generate over a 2% tailwind to GDP growth this year, with hundreds of thousands of new construction jobs and 25-30% wage increases for blue collar workers. President Trump is the reason that we have an AI boom happening right now.

The change in the EO from a 90 day to 30 day period is a game changer because it allows our AI labs to comply with the voluntary framework without delaying new model releases. They can synchronize their efforts under the EO with other pre-release activities. Furthermore, I’ve been advised by the lawyers who draft EOs that 30 days means calendar days, not business days. In the AI race, every day counts.

As OSTP well notes, “The EO creates a process for frontier labs to voluntarily share cutting-edge cyber models in order to secure critical infrastructure and strengthen the government’s own cyber defenses. We are NOT conducting oversight of all new models, as that level of government overreach would have chilling effects on free speech and innovation.”

OSTP’s characterization is completely consistent with the discussions that I have participated in, where it was agreed that the EO is intended to apply only to models that represent a meaningful step-change in cyber capabilities (eg Mythos), not to incremental version numbers of existing models (eg Opus 4.7 -> 4.8).

Finally, I understand the concerns of many that this could morph into an “FDA for AI”. Of course bureaucratic mission creep is always a danger and this should be closely monitored. But the EO expressly forbids the creation of a new licensing, preclearance, or permitting regime. Most importantly, I do not believe that President Trump would allow this to happen.

As AI presents new policy challenges (such as cyberweapons), I believe that everyone in the administration is working diligently to navigate the issues with the American people in mind. I look forward to working with the Treasury, NSA, ONCD and others on the implementation of this framework.

[Alexander Panetta @Alex_Panetta]

Related:

[Mickey Djuric @MickeyDjuric]

NEW: Canada now has access to Mythos hacking tech and are officially part of Project Glasswing.

"It’s a very important step for Canadians and for our government to make sure we have access and we can protect our institutions and our country," AI Minister @EvanLSolomon says

[Alexander Panetta @Alex_Panetta]

Pretty light touch in the long-awaited Trump AI order, reportedly postponed after lobbying by David Sacks. The headline in this order: a voluntary process under which the U.S. government would get access to "covered frontier models" 30 days in advance. Metrics of what counts as a covered frontier model would be classified.

[Andrew Curran @AndrewCurran_]

https://t.co/5Gp3MKIedf

[Alexander Panetta @Alex_Panetta]

/ Potential can of worms this opens: Non-US companies and governments that are customers of these frontier models inevitably ask, "Hey, do *we* get a 30-day sneak peak to shore up our cyber defenses?" And then there's an intense international lobbying effort, with other countries and governments scrutinized for the likelihood they'll leak the model to China. Fun stuff ahead.

[Alexander Panetta @Alex_Panetta]

@xwleblancx Fowler is not expendable.

[Alexander Panetta @Alex_Panetta]

It is legit wild that a nation boasting so many achievements -- a staggering number of Nobel Prizes; myriad art forms; popular culture; new technologies -- failed to land Milli Vanilli for its 250th birthday party. https://t.co/AE5cTgciQv

[Alexander Panetta @Alex_Panetta]

It is legit wild that a nation boasting so many achievements -- a staggering number of Nobel Prizes; myriad art forms; popular culture; new technologies -- failed to land Milli Vanilli for its 250th birthday party. https://t.co/AE5cTgciQv

[Alexander Panetta @Alex_Panetta]

/ A huge day in AI news, summarized in my automated daily briefing: --> Anthropic Files for IPO at a Valuation Exceeding Most National GDPs --> Leaks on Canada's Al Strategy --> NY Times Publisher Calls for Fight Against Al Theft --> OpenAl Insists: We're Not Backing the GOP

[Alexander Panetta @Alex_Panetta]

The early reporting on Canada's AI strategy. Carries the fingerprints of papers in the public consultation: -Cash for SME implementation -Subsidies for cloud/compute access especially Canadian suppliers -Keep-it-local data policies in some sectors but not others -Government as anchor customer for Canadian startups -Moonshot projects on A.I. in health, energy, ag, robotics, transport -Safety and Privacy Act upgrades. You can trace the lineage of these ideas to the expert submissions. The macro story?

The macro story is there was a sharp dichotomy in the public consultations. A contradiction. 1) More AI: The experts submitted papers with all sorts of ideas for scaling up AI use in Canada, which is slower than a number of peer countries. 2) Less AI: the broader public? A big thumbs down for AI. The public comments were mega-negative, based on the thousands I analyzed.

Based on this report, it sounds like the majority of Canada's strategy aims at addressing point #1, with some moves aimed at public concerns in point #2.

https://t.co/SjCnWs5U9S

[Alexander Panetta @Alex_Panetta]

/ Needless to say, this comes amid a very busy day in AI news. With the Anthropic IPO. And this extraordinary speech from the publisher of the NY Times about the great IP ripoff pushing so many news organizations closer to extinction -- and what they can do about it https://t.co/GKlxEcrkX9

[Alexander Panetta @Alex_Panetta]

@nejsnave I wonder what the moonshot projects look like. Or the national champions stuff. Might be the closest I saw in that report to the national strategies you mentioned. But yeah, that isn't fine print.

[Frank Luntz @FrankLuntz]

Pro tip: Don’t name your Bluetooth speaker “bomb.”

[Alexander Panetta @Alex_Panetta]

Perhaps the timeline is an oracle. #sid

[Alexander Panetta @Alex_Panetta]

/ Seriously, though, if you're a Habs fan this season could hardly have gone better. Enjoy the start of a long, fun era.

[Alexander Panetta @Alex_Panetta]

Hey, on the bright side, Gary Bettman will be happy: it's another Stanley Cup final involving two places without ice or snow. It's what he lives for.

[Charlotte Alter @CharlotteAlter]

An absolutely must-read piece from @SigalSamuel in Vox. JAW DROPPING reporting on the anti-human pseudo-eugenicist mindset so popular among AI accelerationists, and smart thinking about how a new humanism needs to improve on the old humanism

https://t.co/P9Q6iIK7yf

[Alexander Panetta @Alex_Panetta]

@mattgurney / Unclear yet whether he sees his primary job as advancing the administration agenda ... or as advancing his chances of being named to cabinet in the final two years

[Ronan Farrow @RonanFarrow]

What happens when you let AI models run a simulated society?