https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/zuckerberg-opposed-white-house-ai-proposal-in-private-call-with-trumpContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/zuckerberg-opposed-white-house-ai-proposal-in-private-call-with-trumphttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/zuckerberg-opposed-white-house-ai-proposal-in-private-call-with-trump#u63934Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:31:22 +0000Meta Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg urged President Donald Trump during a private phone call to drop a White House proposal for a new national artificial intelligence regulatory agency modeled after FINRA. Zuckerberg argued against the single federal regulator concept, which had been previously raised by Google DeepMind executive Demis Hassabis, and warned that a regulatory delay could harm the United States lead over China. Multiple reports confirm the August phone call successfully derailed the federal watchdog plan, marking another high-level intervention by a technology executive https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/zuckerberg-opposed-white-house-ai-proposal-in-private-call-with-trumphttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/zuckerberg-opposed-white-house-ai-proposal-in-private-call-with-trump#u57897Sat, 05 Sep 2026 07:35:39 +0000Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg personally lobbied President Donald Trump during a private phone call to oppose a White House proposal for a new national artificial intelligence regulatory agency. The exchange took place during the week of August 17 after Trump called Zuckerberg directly. Sources report that Zuckerberg argued against establishing a single federal regulator modeled after FINRA, a concept previously floated by Google DeepMind executive Demis Hassabis. Observers note that the intervention effectively helped kill the national regulator plan, marking another instance where a major tech ex