White House Unveils National AI Framework to Block State Regulations
The White House releases a new legislative framework that directs Congress to prevent states from enacting their own AI laws. The proposal pushes a light-touch regulatory approach to keep the US competitive in the global AI race.
The White House releases a national artificial intelligence legislative framework that aims to prevent states from enacting their own AI laws. This proposal stems from a December executive order by President Donald Trump and establishes a light-touch approach to AI regulation. The administration presents six objectives for Congress that focus on balancing rapid technological innovation with public trust across a variety of sectors.
The framework addresses several key areas of the growing AI landscape, including the proliferation of data centers and the rise of AI-enabled scams. It calls on lawmakers to streamline permitting processes for data centers so they generate power on site and to provide parents with better tools to manage their children's digital presence. Additionally, the administration proposes a method to balance intellectual property rights with the need to train AI models on real-world content.
To maintain this decentralized approach, the White House instructs Congress to avoid regulating AI through a single rule-making body and instead rely on sector-specific regulators. The policy also explicitly directs lawmakers to preempt any state laws that dictate how AI models are developed. Furthermore, the framework urges Congress to stop the federal government from forcing technology providers to alter or ban content based on partisan agendas.