President Trump said in a social media post Monday that he would issue an executive order this week to curb state laws on artificial intelligence, the latest win for a tech industry lobbying for deregulation. Mr. Trump said he would create a federal order for rules and approvals for A.I. to eliminate a patchwork of laws that have emerged in recent years.
“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,” he said on Truth Social. While Mr. Trump did not offer details, a draft executive order that circulated last month directed the U.S. attorney general to sue states to overturn A.I. laws. Federal regulators were also directed to withhold broadband grants and other funding to states with A.I. laws.
Efforts by the White House to block state laws could be challenged in court. Some legal experts and opponents of a moratorium on state A.I. laws argue that the president doesn’t have the legal authority to intervene in state legislation. (Ed note: Won't President Trump's attempt to control the use of artificial intelligence A.I. just centralize its control in the hands of one group--the government?) Read More)
