Trump signs AI executive order pushing to ban state laws
TL;DR
President Trump signed an executive order to assert federal control over AI regulation, aiming to limit state laws like Colorado's consumer protection law by directing agencies to reduce their influence and discourage new state legislation.
On Thursday evening, with White House AI and crypto czar David Sacks looking over his shoulder, Donald Trump signed an executive order aiming to grab unilateral power over regulating artificial intelligence for the federal government. The order can't by itself unilaterally override state AI laws, but it directs federal agencies to take steps to reduce or eliminate their influence, and discourage states from passing laws that the federal government might challenge, or put crucial funding for other programs at risk.
It specifically calls out Colorado's recently passed consumer protection law, making the claim that "banning 'algorithmic discri …