Vance Announces US Will Keep Fighting AI Threats

During the virtual address at France’s AI Action Summit in Paris, US Vice President JD Vance said the administration of President Donald Trump will safeguard the country’s AI and chip technologies from theft. He said the US has watched as hostile foreign adversaries have weaponized AI software to rewrite history, surveil users, and censor speech.

While Vance did not mention China by name, he stated that some authoritarian regimes have stolen and used AI to strengthen their military, intelligence, and surveillance capabilities, capture foreign data, and create propaganda to undermine other nations’ national security. “I want to be clear, this administration will block such efforts, full stop,” he said.

Vance said the US will work with allies and partners to strengthen and extend AI protections. He also noted the Trump administration will close pathways to adversaries attaining AI capabilities that threaten all Americans. While claiming the US continues to be the gold standard worldwide for AI, he cautioned attendees against using cheap, subsided technologies. Collaborating with such entities will lead to chaining nations to an authoritarian master that seeks to infiltrate, dig in, and seize information infrastructure.

“Should a deal seem too good to be true, just remember the old adage that we learned in Silicon Valley, if you aren’t paying for the product, you are the product.” He also stated the administration believes excessive regulation of the AI sector could kill a transformative industry just as it is taking off, and that it will make every effort to encourage pro-growth policies. “I’d like to see that deregulatory flavor making its way into a lot of the conversations at this conference,” he said.