Zuckerberg, Musk, and Huang Persuade Trump Against Federal AI Oversight
Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, SpaceX's Elon Musk, and NVIDIA's Jensen Huang reportedly lobbied President Donald Trump to abandon a proposed federal oversight body for artificial intelligence. The initiative had been floated by Google DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis as an industry-funded regulatory framework modeled after FINRA. The three tech leaders argued the proposal would unfairly benefit OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google while stifling broader AI innovation. Zuckerberg highlighted Meta's growing reliance on AI during its Q2 2026 earnings call, noting increased demand for compute resources but a significant drop in free cash flow to $784 million from $8.55 billion the previous year. Musk emphasized SpaceX’s aggressive expansion of AI infrastructure and exclusive use of NVIDIA chips due to their superior architecture. Huang warned that NVIDIA is currently only able to fulfill 70% of demand, with Q2 FY2027 revenue reaching $96.22 billion against supply obligations totaling $279 billion. The CEOs are collectively investing hundreds of billions into AI infrastructure, including power and cooling systems, signaling a major shift in the sector’s trajectory.
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