Trump Administration Might Not Fight State Ai Regulations After All

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The Trump management has been targeting state-level AI regulation, pinch nan president declaring successful a societal media post this week that nan manufacture needs “one Federal Standard alternatively of a patchwork of 50 State Regulatory Regimes.”

This comes aft a 10-year prohibition connected authorities AI regularisation was initially included successful Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” earlier yet getting removed by nan Senate successful a 99-1 vote. 

The thought past apparently took connected a caller form, pinch nan management reportedly drafted an executive order that would found an AI Litigation Task Force pinch a ngo to situation authorities AI laws done lawsuits. States pinch contested AI laws would besides reportedly beryllium threatened pinch nan nonaccomplishment of national broadband funding.

Now, Reuters reports that the executive bid has been put connected hold. If signed, nan bid would astir apt look important opposition, including from Republicans who antecedently criticized nan projected moratorium connected authorities regulation.

AI regularisation has besides been a arguable taxable successful Silicon Valley, pinch immoderate manufacture figures — particularly those successful nan Trump management — attacking companies for illustration Anthropic for supporting AI information bills including California’s SB 53.

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