Klon Kitchen urges American leadership in the worldwide advance of artificial intelligence capabilities.
Vice President JD Vance’s remarks at the AI Action Summit weren’t just another policy speech—they were a declaration of intent. The Trump administration is staking out a coherent vision: AI as a pillar of economic growth, national security, and American technological dominance.
This approach recognizes that AI leadership isn’t just about research and development; it’s about ensuring that the United States remains the world’s center of gravity for the most powerful and transformative technology of our time. This vision is the right one, and it stands in stark contrast to the regulatory overreach we’ve seen in Europe. The EU’s approach to AI regulation—rooted in the same mindset that produced monstrosities like the EU’s AI Act, the Digital Services Act, and the General Data Protection Regulation—risks stifling innovation and entrenching bureaucratic oversight.
During the Biden administration, European regulators tightened their grip on AI, and Washington too often stood by, reluctant to push back. That approach must end. American policymakers should make clear that while AI governance is necessary, it must not come at the cost of our innovation, economic dynamism, or strategic advantage.
The stakes couldn’t be higher. AI is not just another technological breakthrough; it is a general-purpose capability that will reshape industries, economies, and national power structures. The administration’s commitment to ensuring frontier AI is developed in the United States—leveraging our advantages in semiconductors, advanced algorithms, and computing power—should be welcomed. The alternative is allowing adversarial nations to set the pace of AI development, or ceding leadership to global regulatory bodies that do not share our economic or security priorities.
Yet, even as the administration rightly champions a deregulatory approach, it must also ensure that AI serves the broader American workforce.
