Trump’s AI Playbook: White House Pushes Congress to Clear the Way for a National Rulebook
The White House on Friday rolled out a new artificial intelligence framework that urges Congress to take a lighter regulatory approach and override a growing patchwork of state AI laws, marking the Trump administration’s clearest signal yet on how it wants Washington to govern the fast-moving technology. The proposal argues that a single federal standard is needed to protect innovation, strengthen national competitiveness and avoid what officials see as a confusing web of state-by-state restrictions. At the center of the plan are six broad principles meant to guide lawmakers, including child safety protections, safeguards against rising electricity costs tied to...