Zuckerberg told Trump in call that a national AI regulator was a flawed idea — Live Feedhttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/zuckerberg-told-trump-in-call-that-a-national-ai-regulator-was-a-flawed-ideaContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. Zuckerberg opposed national AI regulator in private call with Trumphttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/zuckerberg-told-trump-in-call-that-a-national-ai-regulator-was-a-flawed-ideahttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/zuckerberg-told-trump-in-call-that-a-national-ai-regulator-was-a-flawed-idea#u57490Fri, 04 Sep 2026 23:53:23 +0000Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told President Donald Trump during a private call that a proposed national AI regulator was a flawed idea. The conversation occurred during the week of August 17, as the White House considered a FINRA-style watchdog for frontier models. While Zuckerberg expressed opposition to the federal agency, reports indicate he did not ask Trump to change his position. This pushback comes as the Trump AI team faces internal fractures over strategy and other tech leaders like Elon Musk advocate for increased power and data center capacity.Why it mattersThe U.S. government is weighi