Trump Kills AI Safety Executive Order After Last-Minute Calls from Musk, Zuckerberg, and Sacks

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The White House scrapped a voluntary model safety review framework after phone calls from Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and former AI czar David Sacks, who warned it would slow innovation and hurt the US-China AI race. Both Musk and Meta later disputed the timeline, with Musk claiming he spoke to Trump only after the order was already shelved — follow-up coverage ongoing May 23-24.