❯ Huang, Zuckerberg, Altman and Musk press G20 ministers not to create new AI regulators

joint lobbyingAt the G20 Innovation Ministerial in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Elon Musk joined White House officials in pressing policymakers against heavy AI regulation. A White House official said the U.S. explicitly asked member countries not to establish new bodies to oversee AI development.

different asksEach brought a different demand: Zuckerberg and Musk argued Tuesday for more data centers and the power to run them, with Musk singling out European governments for overregulation he says is throttling their economies, while Zuckerberg argued countries should not restrict open-weight models. For contrast, Google DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis has been arguing for standardized industry safety testing rather than broad statutory limits.

the calendarThe meeting was organized by White House science policy director Michael Kratsios and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. The U.S. holds the rotating G20 presidency this year, and this is one of a series of ministerials preceding the leaders’ summit Trump convenes in Miami on December 14-15. Putting the industry’s four heaviest names in one ministerial is itself a display.

the windowDirectly affected are the ministries currently drafting AI rules. Watch the communiqué language from the December Miami summit — whether “new regulatory body” appears at all will decide whether this lobbying delayed global coordination or merely postponed it by months.

▪ SIGNALFour CEOs showing up in person to argue “leave us alone” is itself the measure of how close regulation has come.