Mark Zuckerberg Voice Concern over Proposed FINRA-Style AI Watchdog in Private Call with Donald Trump
The proposal would have an industry-funded body test advanced models before wider release, and it remains under consideration in the White House.
- During a phone call the week of August 17, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told President Donald Trump he opposed a proposed FINRA-style AI regulator, with Trump initiating the conversation.
- Nobel Prize-winning Google DeepMind scientist Demis Hassabis championed the proposal in a July essay, suggesting a standards body modeled after FINRA to handle emerging cybersecurity threats in AI.
- FINRA oversees over 3,000 member brokerage firms and 630,000 registered representatives under SEC supervision, with White House officials envisioning an AI version funded by industry fees to test advanced models before deployment.
- Zuckerberg argued in an August essay that any policy slowing model release by even a month would "add significant risk to American leadership" over China, though the FINRA-style proposal remains under White House consideration.
- Trump's former AI and crypto czar David Sacks proposed an MPA-style alternative on the August 21 All-In podcast episode, calling the FINRA model "a DMV for AI" where models "get lined up in a queue, waiting to get their test done.
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LatestlyMark Zuckerberg voice concern over proposed FINRA-style AI watchdog in private call with Donald Trump
Meta Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg expressed direct concerns regarding plans to create a national artificial intelligence regulator during a private telephone call with United States President Donald Trump, according to a news report by Politico.
Zuckerberg in secret conversation with Trump opposed the creation of a single AI regulator in the U.S. Meta <p>head Mark Zuckerberg spoke out against a national AI regulator in a private conversation with Donald Trump. Final decision The United States has not yet approved.</p>
Meta Opposed the Creation of a New AI Regulatory Body, Zuckerberg Told Trump, According to Politico.
It was revealed on the 3rd that Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, a major US IT company that develops artificial intelligence (AI), had expressed his opposition to a plan to establish a new regulatory body to pre-screen the safety of advanced AI during an informal phone call with US President Trump. A US news site…
Zuckerberg Personally Lobbied Trump to Kill a National AI Regulator Plan
Mark Zuckerberg personally lobbied President Trump against a proposed FINRA-style national AI regulator during a private call the week of August 17, 2026. The plan, championed by Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis, remains under White House consideration despite Zuckerberg's objections, marking the second time this year he's helped reshape federal AI policy through direct access to Trump.
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