Curbing the authority of states, US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order blocking them from enforcing their own regulations around artificial intelligence and instead aims to create a “single national framework” for AI.
“This is an executive order that orders aspects of your administration to take decisive action to ensure that AI can operate within a single national framework in this country, as opposed to being subject to state-level regulation that could potentially cripple the industry,” White House aide Will Scharf said of the executive order in the Oval Office.
What the order says
The order could strongly influence how the US tries to stay ahead in this new technology. It is already important for the economy and stock market, but many parts of it are still not fully proven.
David Sacks, the White House official overseeing crypto and technology, said at the signing that the order will lead to a national framework, which the administration will develop along with Congress.
Congress had earlier stopped Republicans from blocking states from making their own rules. In July, the US Senate almost unanimously voted to remove a provision that would have prevented states from enforcing their own regulations for ten years. Only after removing that part did the Senate pass Trump’s domestic policy bill.
