Zuckerberg opposed AI regulation proposal in private call with Trump

Mark Zuckerberg and President Donald Trump, seen here in 2025, spoke recently about an AI regulation proposal. Alex Wong/Getty Images The White House is considering a plan for a national AI regulator. Mark Zuckerberg shared his reservations about it with President Donald Trump. This story was reported by Business Insider and POLITICO, part of the Axel Springer Global Reporters Network. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg expressed concerns about plans for a national AI regulator in a previously unreported phone call with President Donald Trump last month, marking the involvement of one of the world's top tech executives in a fraught White House policy debate. The proposal, championed by the Nobel Prize-winning Google DeepMind scientist Demis Hassabis and favored by some top White House officials, would create an independent organization modeled on the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or FINRA, the organization that oversees the securities industry under the supervision of the Securities and Exchange Commission. White House officials envision the group reviewing advanced models and testing them for potential risks before they are deployed more broadly. When Trump spoke with Zuckerberg