"Camps are finally emerging in the big fight over whether and how to regulate AI. President Donald Trump earlier this week declared that he would block local officials who try to regulate the technology; according to a draft executive order leaked on Wednesday, the administration will punish states that try. State lawmakers and members of Congress-including Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene-are now pushing back."
""The federal government has not taken even the minimal actions despite quite broad bipartisan support, for example, about managing the risks and harms to kids. If there's one thing we can all agree on, that's it," Arati Prabhakar, former director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) during the Obama administration and head of the Office of Technology and Science Policy during the Biden administration, tells Fast Company."
""To say that the states shouldn't do anything because the federal government should do it-and then yet to oppose every action at the federal level-just makes no sense whatsoever.""
The Trump administration has moved to block local and state AI regulations and signaled plans to punish states that enact their own rules. State lawmakers and some members of Congress are pushing back against federal preemption. Multiple congressional proposals for AI oversight exist, but no comprehensive legislative package has passed. The Biden administration issued major executive guidance earlier, much of which was later rescinded by the Trump administration. Experts note bipartisan support for specific protections, such as managing risks to children, and point out that federal inaction creates policy incoherence and governance risks.
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