Inside the White House's AI power center
TL;DR
Axios describes an improvised AI power center inside Trump’s White House: David Sacks is stepping back from daily work, Sriram Krishnan plans to leave by the end of June, and other officials are moving into the gap. Howard Lutnick is back at the center after the Anthropic clash. His letter reportedly helped trigger pressure on Fable and Mythos, while new export controls create a licensing regime for advanced models.
Nauti's Take
This looks like a handoff inside the engine room of US AI policy. For builders, product planning without a DC radar is reckless.
Export licenses, model classification, and federal preemption can hit harder than the next benchmark win.
Briefingshow
U. S. AI policy here looks less like a finished doctrine and more like a live turf fight across Commerce, Treasury, cyber leadership and political staff.
For AI labs, the key risk is not only regulation on paper, but which official currently controls access to Trump, export controls and national-security framing.
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