Overview
- Trump said the United States needs one federal AI rule instead of separate state regimes to protect economic gains.
- He asked Congress to place the measure in the National Defense Authorization Act or pass it as a standalone bill to bolster competitiveness.
- He warned that without a single standard China could catch up, highlighting a priority set earlier with his administration’s AI Action Plan.
- His post offered no regulatory details and portrayed some state efforts as producing “woke AI,” referencing “Black George Washington.”
- An earlier attempt to bar state AI rules for 10 years was stripped from a prior bill after backlash, signaling resistance to broad preemption.