"President Donald Trump is at odds with several key figures in his party over a hot-button issue: regulation of artificial intelligence. Trump's AI policy has been broadly friendly toward the industry. He has sought to support the AI infrastructure buildout, and in December, he signed an executive order aimed at restricting states from regulating AI - a policy known as "preemption.""
"The executive order directs the Department of Justice to set up a litigation task force that will sue states for having "onerous" AI laws, while also raising the prospect of withholding some federal funding from those states. It's the latest incarnation of previous efforts to block state-level AI regulation in Congress, including in an annual defense bill and in the "Big Beautiful Bill." Both of those efforts failed in large part due to internal GOP opposition."
"Trump and other supporters of the policy have argued that in order to win the AI race with China, it's important that tech companies not be forced to comply with 50 different sets of regulations in each state. David Sacks, a venture capitalist who's also Trump's AI and crypto czar, has said that the order wouldn't force data centers upon communities that don't want them."
Trump's AI policy favors industry growth and infrastructure buildout. In December he issued an executive order to restrict state-level AI regulation through federal preemption. The order directs the Department of Justice to create a litigation task force to sue states with "onerous" AI laws and contemplates withholding federal funds from noncompliant states. Previous congressional attempts to block state AI rules failed largely because of GOP internal opposition. Supporters argue a single federal standard is needed to compete with China and avoid 50 divergent state rules. Key Republican figures have publicly criticized the preemption approach since the summer.
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