Trump AI plan urges Congress to overrule states

(Ashley Gold, Maria Curi, Mackenzie Weinger – Axios) The Trump administration on Friday released its legislative recommendations on AI, urging Congress to preempt state AI laws and take a light-touch approach to regulations. The four-page framework calls on lawmakers to limit the ability of states to set their own rules for the technology, setting up a renewed clash with states and Congress over the future of AI regulation. “Congress should preempt state AI laws that impose undue burdens to ensure a minimally burdensome national standard consistent with these recommendations, not fifty discordant ones,” the framework states. – White House releases Trump’s national AI plan and framework