Apps News 17 November 2025 - 15 January 2026

January 21, 2026, 1:46 AM EST. White House tech adviser Michael Kratsios used Davos to press a pro-innovation stance on artificial intelligence policy. He warned European leaders against overburdening regulation, calling the EU AI Act 'an absolute disaster' and urging a regulatory environment that lets AI thrive. Kratsios touted the Trump-era, light-touch approach as the winning formula, pointing to the administration's AI Action Plan as a three-part roadmap-innovation, infrastructure and international diplomacy and security. The plan also seeks to roll back red tape at federal agencies to accelerate deployment of AI technologies. Kratsios, a former Pentagon undersecretary and White House CTO, has long shaped U.S. AI policy from Thiel Capital to the White House. He said the United States is advancing its AI agenda at home and abroad, while criticizing what he calls bungled international approaches.