Overview
- An AI Litigation Task Force will be created within 30 days under Attorney General Pam Bondi to sue states over laws deemed inconsistent with the administration’s policy.
- The Commerce Department must identify “onerous” state statutes and can threaten access to federal programs, including the $42.5 billion BEAD broadband funds.
- The order flags targets such as Colorado’s algorithmic-discrimination law and California’s safety-testing disclosures, while carving out child-safety and certain infrastructure measures.
- White House advisers David Sacks and Sriram Krishnan frame a single national framework as necessary for U.S. competitiveness with China, a stance welcomed by major AI firms and investors.
- State leaders, Democrats and civil-liberties groups label the effort unlawful and plan court challenges, emphasizing that an executive order cannot by itself preempt state law.