Microsoft co-founder publicly campaigning for mandatory, government-set AI safeguards and monitoring rather than industry self-regulation; says he wants to personally raise the issue with Trump.
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Donald Trump / White House
Favors a hands-off approach to AI regulation, framing new rules as a competitive disadvantage against China; has publicly called doomsday AI-risk claims a 'hoax'.
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U.S. Congress / law enforcement agencies
The body Gates says should be brought into the discussion to define and mandate AI safeguards and monitoring requirements.
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Anthropic and OpenAI leadership
Industry leaders reported to be directly calling for government intervention on AI risk, aligning with Gates's push for regulation.
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang / Meta's Mark Zuckerberg
Reported to be pushing back against AI regulation, aligned more closely with the administration's hands-off stance.
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Reps. Ted Lieu (D-CA) and Nathaniel Moran (R-TX)
Introduced the federal AI Kill Switch Act in July 2026, requiring AI developers to maintain the technical capacity to throttle, suspend, or shut down their systems.