Trump Weighs Executive Order to Undercut State AI Regulations

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President Donald Trump appears to be preparing an executive order aimed at weakening, or potentially nullifying, state-level laws that regulate AI.

A draft order reviewed by Reuters outlines a sweeping federal effort to challenge state restrictions viewed by the administration as obstacles to national AI policy.

The draft, titled “Eliminating State Law Obstruction of National AI Policy,” lays out a series of aggressive steps: creating a federal litigation task force, withholding certain federal funds from states with what the administration considers “onerous” AI statutes, and directing federal agencies to pursue preemption of state rules through regulatory standards and legislative recommendations.

A White House official, responding to questions about the unfinalized and “predecisional ...