Trump Warns Against State AI Laws, Calls for Federal Rule

The blueprint says Congress should "preempt state AI laws that impose undue burdens" and avoid "fifty discordant" standards for companies, adding that states "should not be permitted to regulate AI development, because it is an inherently interstate phenomenon with key foreign policy and national security implications." Other legal protections for AI companies were baked in, too, such as the idea that states shouldn't be allowed to "penalize AI developers for a third party's unlawful conduct involving their models." But in the child-privacy section, the document does allow states some limited wiggle room, stating that Congress shouldn't preempt states from "enforcing their own generally applicable laws protecting children, such as prohibitions on child sexual abuse material, even where such material is generated by AI." The allowance comes after numerous figures from both parties expressed concern about overturning local child safety laws, including nearly 40 attorneys general for US states and territories.