AI, privacy concerns get White House to embrace global consensus

Two hallmarks of American economic policy under President Trump are a reflexive aversion for regulation and go-it-alone nationalism.

But in technology policy, that stance is changing.

In September, the Trump administration abandoned its hands-off approach and began working closely with the 36-nation Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development to create international guidelines for the design and use of artificial intelligence.

The administration has also started to discuss a new law to protect privacy in the digital age, seeking consensus domestically and common ground internationally. It has fielded more than 200 public-comment filings from advocacy groups, corporations and individuals.