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title: "Trump AI Regulator Order Stalls Over Internal Pushback to FINRA Model"
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published_at: "2026-08-27T20:55:33.000Z"
category: "Regulation"
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summary: "The White House circulated a draft executive order in recent weeks to create a self-regulatory organization for frontier AI developers that would set industry standards. The plan has since stalled before reaching the president due to a lack of senior-level support, including opposition to the proposed model based on the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). Former White House AI czar David Sacks described the FINRA-style approach as a \"horrible idea,\" arguing it would create a government-linked approval queue that could benefit China. The proposal, based on a suggestion by Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis and supported by Treasury Secretary Bessent, leaves a June voluntary testing framework as the current US mechanism for AI oversight."
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# Trump AI Regulator Order Stalls Over Internal Pushback to FINRA Model

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**Published:** 2026-08-27T20:55:33.000Z
**Category:** Regulation
**Topics:** regulation, safety

## Summary

The White House circulated a draft executive order in recent weeks to create a self\-regulatory organization for frontier AI developers that would set industry standards\. The plan has since stalled before reaching the president due to a lack of senior\-level support, including opposition to the proposed model based on the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority \(FINRA\)\. Former White House AI czar David Sacks described the FINRA\-style approach as a "horrible idea," arguing it would create a government\-linked approval queue that could benefit China\. The proposal, based on a suggestion by Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis and supported by Treasury Secretary Bessent, leaves a June voluntary testing framework as the current US mechanism for AI oversight\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://huggingnews.com/ai/trump-ai-regulator-order-stalls-over-internal-pushback-to-finra-model-79cddbbe>)
- [Story source](<https://x.com/AndrewCurran_/status/2093016069422326193>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/wallstengine/status/2093009434784239678>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/AndrewCurran_/status/2093017035349590211>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/MTSlive/status/2093058254448558583>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/rohanpaul_ai/status/2093016279053721605>)