US Presses G20 to Adopt "Carolina Principles" and Skip New AI Regulators

At the September 1 G20 science and technology ministers' meeting, US co-chair and tech advisor Michael Kratsios pressed member states to adopt the "Carolina Principles," advocating a hands-off approach to AI regulation and urging countries not to create new AI regulatory bodies. The stance is more aggressive than mere "light-touch" regulation and could tilt the global AI governance landscape toward laxity if widely accepted.

Confirmed

• Per posts by @XIFAQ, @pstAsiatech and @VraserX, the US asked G20 members to avoid new AI rules and not establish new AI regulatory agencies overseeing AI development.
• The "Carolina Principles": signatories retain new regulation only for "newly emerging considerations" when setting AI rules, while investing in basic research to accelerate discovery and strengthening commercial opportunities for new technologies.
• A Google spokesperson confirmed that Google DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis attended the meeting.

Why it matters

• @VraserX notes the US position is far more radical than "light regulation," effectively betting that "speed of development is safer than bureaucratic process"; acceptance by G20 members could push global AI regulation further toward laxity.

2026-09-01 ~ 2026-09-02 · 5 related posts

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• [source] US Adviser Kratsios urges G20 to adopt 'Carolina Principles' for hands-off AI regulation — pstAsiatech · 2026-09-01
• [source] US Official details AI regulation stance: reserve rules for 'novel considerations', fund research — pstAsiatech · 2026-09-01
• US advocates hands-off AI regulation at G20; Hassabis to address ministers — pstAsiatech · 2026-09-01
• [source] US asks G20 to skip heavy AI rules and not create new regulators at all — VraserX · 2026-09-02