AISN #67: Trump’s preemption order, H200s go to China, and new frontier AI from OpenAI and DeepSeek

<p> Welcome to the AI Safety Newsletter by the Center for AI Safety. We discuss developments in AI and AI safety. No technical background required..</p> <p> Welcome to the AI Safety Newsletter by the Center for AI Safety. We discuss developments in AI and AI safety. No technical background required.</p><p> In this edition we discuss President Trump's executive order targeting state AI laws, Nvidia's approval to sell China high-end accelerators, and new frontier models from OpenAI and DeepSeek.</p><p> Listen to the AI Safety Newsletter for free on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.</p><p><strong> Executive Order Blocks State AI Laws</strong></p><p> U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order aimed at halting state efforts to regulate AI. The order, which differs from a version leaked last month, leverages federal funding and enforcement to evaluate, challenge, and limit state laws. The order caps off a year in which several ambitious state AI proposals were either watered down or vetoed outright.</p><p> A push for regulatory uniformity. The order aims to reduce regulatory friction for companies by eliminating the variety of state-level regimes and limit the power of states at impacting commerce beyond their own borders. It calls for replacing them with a single, unspecified, federal framework.</p><p> [...]</p> <p>---</p><p><strong>Outline:</strong></p><p>(00:34) Executive Order Blocks State AI Laws</p><p>(03:42) US Permits Nvidia to Sell H200s to China</p><p>(06:00) ChatGPT-5.2 and DeepSeek-v3.2 Arrive</p><p>(08:23) In Other News</p><p>(08:27) Industry</p><p>(09:13) Civil Society</p><p>(09:58) Government</p><p>(11:07) Discussion about this post</p><p>(11:11) Ready for more?</p> <p>---</p> <p><b>First published:</b><br/> December 17th, 2025 </p> <p><b>Source:</b><br/> <a href="https://newsletter.safe.ai/p/ai-safety-newsletter-67-trumps-preemption?utm_source=TYPE_III_AUDIO&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_content=Source+URL+in+episode+description&utm_campaign=ai_narration" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://newsletter.safe.ai/p/ai-safety-newsletter-67-trumps-preemption</a> </p> <p>---</p> <p>Want more? Check out our <a href="https://newsletter.mlsafety.org/?utm_source=TYPE_III_AUDIO&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_content=Episode+description+footer" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">ML Safety Newsletter</a> for technical safety research.</p> <p>Narrated by <a href="https://type3.audio/?utm_source=TYPE_III_AUDIO&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_content=Narrated+by+TYPE+III+AUDIO&utm_term=center_for_ai_safety&utm_campaign=ai_narration" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TYPE III AUDIO</a>.</p> <p>---</p><div style="max-width: 100%";><p><strong>Images from the article:</strong></p><a href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3aKv!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcdd982c6-a398-4819-813c-22607d008dff_1852x606.png" target="_blank"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3aKv!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcdd982c6-a398-4819-813c-22607d008dff_1852x606.png" alt="" style="max-width: 100%;" /></a><hr style="margin-top: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;" /><a href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GTIk!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4977231b-377d-4ddd-a0d9-e72d22f8221d_1302x822.png" target="_blank"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GTIk!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4977231b-377d-4ddd-a0d9-e72d22f8221d_1302x822.png" alt="" style="max-width: 100%;" /></a><hr style="margin-top: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;" /><a href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!QxSp!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F944a1439-ef58-449e-8bcd-a6e78b40c29d_1326x828.png" target="_blank"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!QxSp!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F944a1439-ef58-449e-8bcd-a6e78b40c29d_1326x828.png" alt="" style="max-width: 100%;" /></a><p><em>Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try <a href="https://pocketcasts.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Pocket Casts</a>, or another podcast app.</em></p></div>