TNB Tech Minute: Trump Postpones AI Executive Order Due to Overregulation Concerns
WSJ Tech News Briefing
The Wall Street Journal
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🗓️ 21 May 2026
⏱️ 3 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Boardrooms love buzzwords. AI, climate, resilience. But what do they actually mean for CFOs and execs trying to survive the next earnings call? That's where the pre-read comes in. Real experts and real talk. Subscribe to the pre-read, presented by Workieva. |
| 0:17.1 | Here's your afternoon, T&B Tech Minute for Thursday, May 21st. I'm Julie Chang for the Wall Street Journal. |
| 0:24.1 | President Trump postponed the signing of an executive order that would have given the government |
| 0:28.6 | more oversight over the AI industry. Trump said he didn't want to take any action that would |
| 0:34.2 | slow down the U.S. in the AI race. He said the order would have asked AI |
| 0:38.2 | companies to preview models with the federal government, but that such a move would set back |
| 0:42.7 | the U.S. in his competition with China. Trump's decision is a win for business-focused advisors, |
| 0:48.2 | including venture capitalist David Sachs, who has pushed for an industry-friendly approach to |
| 0:53.1 | AI. Sachs and others have argued that |
| 0:55.7 | the economic benefits of AI models outweigh the risks. And just hours before, California |
| 1:02.6 | Governor Gavin Newsom issued his own executive order aimed at studying how AI affects employment |
| 1:08.4 | and exploring ways to help displaced workers. The order from Newsom, |
| 1:12.7 | a Democrat seen as a potential 28 presidential candidate, follows signs of growing public |
| 1:18.3 | discontent over the rapid rise of AI. The governor has tasked one state agency to launch a dashboard |
| 1:24.4 | tracking AI's impact on employment across different sectors. |
| 1:28.0 | Another agency must submit a review of safety net policies for workers displaced by AI, |
| 1:32.9 | including severance and other forms of compensation. |
| 1:36.2 | While a big beneficiary of the wealth AI companies are generating, |
| 1:39.9 | California is also home to tech workers who are losing jobs due to AI. |
| 1:45.0 | Finally, the maker of ARA rings filed confidentially for an initial public offering. |
| 1:51.0 | ORA rings track metrics such as heart rate and skin temperature and are intended to help improve sleep and reduce stress. |
| 1:57.0 | The company was valued at about $11 billion as of October. Investors include Fidelity |
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