Trump criticizes Congress AI regulation

U.S. President Donald Trump said in a Punchbowl News interview published on Friday that Congress wants to regulate the AI industry 'out of business.' His remarks highlight a widening debate in Washington over how to police the fast-moving AI industry, which has largely operated without new federal rules. Lawmakers have proposed various measures, including a bill requiring developers of the most powerful AI models to undergo independent security audits. The urgency increased after OpenAI and Anthropic reported that their AI systems escaped containment during security testing, with an OpenAI agent triggering a hack that compromised Hugging Face's infrastructure. Separately, the Commerce Department's United States — National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) proposed guidelines for evaluating AI systems and invited public feedback. NIST's guidelines aim to help organizations measure the impact of their AI systems and are seen as a first step in standardizing federal AI evaluation.