Young AI just got a ticket to run wild

American voters have just decided—among many other things—that artificial intelligence will grow up in a permissive, anything-goes household, rather than under the guidance of stricter parents. AI makers describe the process of training a model as something like raising a small child. That's one reason "values-free" AI doesn't exist. Every generative AI model encodes a set of biases and assumptions drawn from the data it's given and the rules its makers impose. In a second Trump administration, two key factors are likely to combine to discourage federal efforts to set limits on AI. Traditional Republicans have long embraced laissez-faire policies and been hostile to regulation. Meanwhile, the MAGA belief that Big Tech platforms censor conservatives has made Trump-era Republicans detest efforts to moderate content online or to build systems that place boundaries on acceptable speech.