EU needs to abandon AI ‘doomerism,’ White House official says

(Pieter Haeck – Politico) A top United States official on Wednesday told the European Union to focus more on innovation in artificial intelligence — and less on rules. “I do think the atmosphere in the EU needs to change and be more focused on innovation, less focused on governance and less focused on doomerism,” said Sriram Krishnan, the White House’s senior policy adviser on artificial intelligence, at an event of the Tony Blair Institute on the sidelines of the India AI Impact Summit. Krishnan reiterated the U.S. opposition to the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act, which was adopted in 2024 and aims to mitigate risks associated with the technology. – EU needs to abandon AI ‘doomerism,’ White House official says – POLITICO