Vance addressed world leaders at an Artificial Intelligence Summit in Paris, France stating that the United States feels “very strongly that AI must remain free from ideological bias and that American AI will not be co-opted into a tool for authoritarian censorship.”
The vice president voiced concern about “reports that some foreign governments are considering tightening the screws on U.S. tech companies with international footprints.”
He condemned the European Union’s “Digital Services Act and the massive regulations it created about taking down content and policing so-called misinformation.”
Vance acknowledged the importance of ensuring that “the internet is a safe place” but contends “it is one thing to prevent a predator from preying on a child on the internet and it is something quite different to prevent a grown man or woman from accessing an opinion that the government thinks is misinformation.”
Although he didn’t mention China or its new AI entity DeepSeek by name, Vance said “foreign hostile adversaries have weaponized AI software to rewrite history, surveil users and censor speech.”
Last month, President Donald Trump signed an executive order designed to ensure that American AI systems are “free from ideological bias and engineered social agendas.”