White House official advocates for a ‘give and take’ on state AI preemption

President Donald Trump speaks with Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, during a roundtable on Ratepayer Protection Pledge in the Indian Treaty Room at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington, DC on March 4, 2026. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images

An administration official joined Republican lawmakers in advocating for the passage of an AI moratorium on Wednesday, calling it a key regulatory step.

Speaking at the Axios DC+AI Summit, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Michael Kratsios reiterated the administration’s stance as outlined in the National Policy Framework for AI and said he hopes that Congress will take these principles into account as they prepare sweeping AI legislation.   

“We think we have something that is very common sense and can be very bipartisan,” Kratsios said regarding the administration’s framework.

Kratsios ...