Vice President JD Vance is overseas this week, traveling first to Paris, France, to attend the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit, then on to Munich, Germany, for the Security Conference. On Tuesday, he addressed the Summit, delivering remarks on the United States’ vision for AI and the opportunity it presents.
Vance’s speech was relatively brief — just over 15 minutes — but it set out that vision clearly and pointedly, calling on our European allies, in particular, to step back from over-regulation and censorship and be wary of adversarial regimes.
Video of the full speech may be viewed at the bottom of this article, but to hit the key points of it, he emphasized the importance of focusing on opportunity, not fear or safety, and set out four key goals:
- Ensuring that American AI technology continues to be the gold standard
- Eschewing excessive…
