Trump signs order to limit state AI regulations, with California in the crosshairs

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The battle between California and the White House escalated as President Trump signed an executive order to block state laws regulating artificial intelligence.The president’s power move to try to take over control of the regulation of the technology behind ChatGPT through an executive order Thursday was applauded by his allies in Silicon Valley, who have been warning that many layers of heavy-handed rules and regulations were holding them back and could put the U.S.

behind in the battle to benefit most from AI.The order directs the attorney general to create a task force to challenge some state AI laws.States with “onerous AI laws” could lose federal funding from a broadband deployment program and other grants, the order said.

The Trump administration said the order will help U.S.companies win the AI race against countries such as China by removing “cumbersome regulation.” It also pushes for a “minimally burdensome” national standard rather than a patchwork of laws across 50 states that the administration said makes compliance challenging, especially for startups.“You have to have a central source of approval when they need approval.

So things have to come to one source.They can’t go to California, New York and various other places,” Trump told reporters at the Oval Office on Thursday.California Gov.

Gavin Newsom pushed back against the order, stating it “advances corruption, not innovation.”“They’re running a con.And every day, they push the limits to see how far they can take it,” Newsom said in a statement.

“California is working on behalf of Americans by building the strongest innovation economy in the nation while implementing commonsense safeguards and leading the way forward.”The dueling remarks between Newsom and Trump underscore how the tech industry’s influence over regulation has increased tensions between the federal government...