"Trump said on Monday that he would sign an executive order aimed at ensuring that there's only "One Rulebook" for AI in the US, saying that the technology will be "destroyed in its infancy" if companies have to comply with different regulations across all 50 states. "We are beating ALL COUNTRIES at this point in the race, but that won't last long if we are going to have 50 States, many of them bad actors, involved in RULES and the APPROVAL PROCESS," Trump wrote on Truth Social."
"It is not yet clear what shape the executive order will take, but a draft executive order seen by Business Insider last month would have directed the Department of Justice to sue states for having "onerous" AI laws. One thing is clear: Trump is likely to provoke backlash from members of his own party if he follows through with this, as many Republicans have been eager to protect states' rights when it comes to AI. The fault lines on this issue became clear over the summer, when Republicans tried to enact a 10-year moratorium on state-level AI regulations via the "Big Beautiful Bill.""
President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order to preempt state-level AI regulations and impose a single federal standard, arguing that fragmented rules will cripple innovation. A draft would have instructed the Department of Justice to sue states with what it calls "onerous" AI laws. The move provokes resistance from Republicans who champion states' rights; lawmakers previously attempted a 10-year moratorium on state AI rules via the "Big Beautiful Bill", but the provision was removed in a 99-1 Senate vote. Attempts to reinsert the moratorium into a defense must-pass bill also failed. The order's final scope remains unclear.
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