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Zuckerberg Urges Trump Against FINRA-Style AI Regulator

9/6/2026

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Story summary

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told President Donald Trump he opposed a FINRA-style national AI regulator.
The conversation occurred the week of August 17, senior White House officials reported.
Google DeepMind scientist Demis Hassabis championed the FINRA-style regulator proposal.
White House officials are weighing the FINRA model against a voluntary industry group.
Former Trump AI adviser David Sacks called a government regulator a “DMV for AI”.

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The SEC was created by the 1934 Exchange Act after the 1929 crash to police broker-dealers. Its model of federal oversight and self-regulatory collaboration, illustrated by the SEC’s 2023 filing of 13 charges against Binance, now informs calls by Zuckerberg and Hassabis for a FINRA-style AI regulator, while David Sacks opposes it. If Congress adopts similar rules, AI firms could face mandatory compliance audits.

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Story summary

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told President Donald Trump he opposed a FINRA-style national AI regulator.
The conversation occurred the week of August 17, senior White House officials reported.
Google DeepMind scientist Demis Hassabis championed the FINRA-style regulator proposal.
White House officials are weighing the FINRA model against a voluntary industry group.
Former Trump AI adviser David Sacks called a government regulator a “DMV for AI”.

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