Zuckerberg, Musk, and Huang join Trump to oppose AI standards body
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, SpaceXAI CEO Elon Musk, and NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang have aligned with President Trump to oppose the establishment of an independent AI standardization body proposed by Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, following lobbying efforts. Hassabis proposed the body in July 2026 to verify advanced AI capabilities, citing risks of losing human control and AI developing nuclear or biological weapons. OpenAI's Sam Altman, Microsoft's Satya Nadella, Alphabet's Sundar Pichai, and Block's Jack Dorsey support the proposal. President Trump signed a June 2026 executive order encouraging free AI development. The Wall Street Journal reports that a stricter AI testing provision was removed after advisor David Sacks argued it would hinder competition with China. Trump has criticized Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's call to slow AI development, and plans to meet with AI executives soon.