Inside Europe's lessons on AI safety as U.S. rules loom

Per Axios, the Trump administration is developing a new artificial intelligence regulatory framework with an August first deadline. As that deadline approaches, U.S. officials are drawing from years of European and British experience in AI safety testing. The European Union has built a methodical approach grounded in specific threat scenarios, peer-reviewed science, and independent model verification—a marked contrast to the U.S. reliance on industry-driven standards. One complication: the technical experts who helped shape Europe's safety framework are increasingly moving to private companies like OpenAI. Governments are beginning to converge around cyber risk assessments, though mapping AI's broader societal challenges remains an ongoing project for both continents.

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