The Trump administration is blundering AI policy

One of the big challenges of reporting on the new administration is that it's hard to figure out who's really calling the shots. Take AI. In his comments to world leaders at the AI Action Summit in Paris last week, Vice President JD Vance laid out one view of where the Trump administration should go on AI: "This administration will ensure that American AI technology continues to be the gold standard worldwide and we are the partner of choice for others — foreign countries and certainly businesses — as they expand their own use of AI." He specifically spoke about…