Trump plans to sign order preempting state AI laws

Alternatively, D.C. think tank R Street Institute voiced support for state preemption as a necessary alternative to Congress’s lack of advancing any sweeping federal law. 

“The coming executive order reflects the frustration of a White House that has thus far had to carry AI policy largely on its own. Congress is such a dysfunctional mess currently that they cannot carry out their constitutional responsibility to create a national AI policy framework to [address] the conflicting patchwork of [confusing] states and local laws,” Adam Thierer, a senior fellow at the R Street Institute told Nextgov/FCW. “So, Trump and the White House are now going to push the envelope to see how much they can do on their own to guarantee American leadership on AI going forward.”