Driving the Day

Today is January 31, 2025, and here are the key policymaker and stakeholder actions on AI you need to know: In Washington, D.C., the U.S. House of Representatives urged staffers not to use Chinese AI company DeepSeek’s chatbot for their official duties, the Pentagon blocked use of the chatbot on its network, and the Commerce Department began investigating whether DeepSeek’s models were trained using restricted AI chips. According to Bloomberg, “hundreds” of companies around the world have also restricted access to DeepSeek’s AI models. Meanwhile, across the pond, the U.K. Government released a new code of practice to protect AI systems from cyberattacks.

In this issue:

• Washington in Focus: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is meeting with President Trump today.

• Around the Nation: The CEO of the New York City Economic Development Corporation outlined why he thinks the city is the “applied AI capital of the world.”

• Across the Pond: AI News discussed what businesses need to know about the EU AI Act as an initial tranche of rules go into full effect next week.

• Global Highlights: Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is planning to meet the CEOs of OpenAI and SoftBank on Monday.

• Outside Views: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced OpenAI will deploy its AI models on a supercomputer at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico.

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