Alejandro Mayorkas, the outgoing head of the US Department of Homeland Security, expresses concern that Europe's approach to regulating technology companies could create security vulnerabilities due to a lack of harmonized regulations.
The outgoing head of the US Department of Homeland Security believes Europe ’s “adversarial” relationship with tech companies is hampering a global approach to regulation that could result in security vulnerabilities. Alejandro Mayorkas told the Financial Times the US — home of the world’s top artificial intelligence groups, including OpenAI and Google — and Europe are not on a “strong footing” because of a difference in regulatory approach.
He stressed the need for “harmonisation across the Atlantic”, expressing concern that relationships between governments and the tech industry are “more adversarial” in Europe than in the US. “Disparate governance of a single item creates a potential for disorder, and disorder creates a vulnerability from a safety and security perspective,” Mayorkas said, adding companies would also struggle to navigate different regulations across jurisdictions. The warning comes after the EU brought into force its AI Act this year, considered the strictest laws for governing the nascent technology anywhere in the world. It introduces restrictions on “high risk” AI systems and rules designed to create more transparency on how AI groups use data. The UK government also plans to introduce legislation that would compel AI companies to give access to their models for safety assessments. In the US, president-elect Donald Trump has vowed to cancel his predecessor, Joe Biden’s executive order on AI, which set up a safety institute to conduct voluntary tests on models. Mayorkas said he did not know if the US safety institute “would stay” under the new administration, but warned prescriptive laws could “suffocate and harm US leadership” in the rapidly evolving sector. Mayorkas’s comments highlight fractures between European and American approaches to AI oversight as policymakers try to balance innovation with safety concerns. The DHS is tasked with protecting the security and safety of the US, against threats such as terrorism and cyber securit
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