Silicon Valley's speed-over-safety mindset is colliding with Washington's reality that messing with government IT can open the door for China, Russia, and other adversaries to infiltrate critical U.S. systems.
Why it matters: On-the-fly overhauls of government IT systems are putting Americans at risk, lawmakers and former officials tell Axios.
At a global AI summit in Paris next week, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will warn world leaders they need to widen their AI mindset from risk — the typical focus of European gatherings on AI — to also include growth and opportunity,an industry source tells Mike.
Why it matters: For the past six months, Altman escalated his insistence on the need for U.S.-led, democratic AI, so a world built on U.S.-led AI rails can prevail over Chinese-led AI.
Streaming TV companies including Samsung, LG, Vizio, Amazon, Google and Apple have removed TikTok from their smart TV systems and app stores, complying with the ban law that went into effect Jan. 19, an Axios investigation found.
Why it matters: While the public's focus has mostly been on mobile companies, the removal of the app across the streaming TV ecosystem shows that corporate America is mostly determined to follow the law, despite President Trump's executive order promising the ban won't be enforced for 75 days.
