The Hill - President Trump signed Thursday night an executive order to impose a national AI standard, a move that would seemingly limit states’ efforts to enact their own AI laws....
“We have to be unified. China is unified because they have one vote and that’s President Xi [Xinping],” Trump said, speaking in the Oval Office. “We have a different system, but we have a system that’s good. But we only have a system that’s good if it’s smart.”
White House AI and crypto czar David Sacks, who joined the president in the Oval alongside Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), said the order would give the administration “tools to push back on the most onerous and excessive state regulations.”
However, Sacks suggested they would not fight all state AI laws, pointing to kids’ safety measures as an example...
The president initially appeared to be considering an order last month, as House Republican leaders faced push back amid a renewed effort to pass a measure preempting state AI laws.
GOP leaders reportedly urged the president to hold off, as they sought to include a preemption provision in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). However, the issue faced resistance from several Republicans, including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.), Sen. Josh Hawley (Mo.) and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis...
It was ultimately not included in the final legislation, with House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) saying last week that they were “looking at other places” for the measure.
This is the second time that Republicans lawmakers have attempted to include such a provision in key legislation. A 10-year moratorium on state AI laws was included in Trump’s tax and spending bill earlier this year but was ultimately stripped out by the Senate.
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