From oil to bitcoin, Trump envisions multipronged US ‘gold standard’.

The arrival of the Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) tool DeepSeek has reignited conversations about technological governance. This month’s AI Action Summit in Paris, France was attended by global leaders like European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, French President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Among them, US Vice-President J.D. Vance shared four major US policy viewpoints on AI. First, the Trump administration “will ensure that American AI technology continues to be the gold standard worldwide, and we are the partner of choice for other foreign countries and certainly businesses as they expand their own use of AI”.

Second, he said, the US believes “excessive regulation of the AI sector could kill a transformative industry just as it’s taking off”. Namely, the Trump administration wants more AI deregulation.

Fourth, the US “will maintain a pro-worker growth path for AI”. The Trump administration does not fear job losses and instead sees AI as a tool for job creation.