Trump administration wants to use federal power to challenge state AI laws

Date:
Thu, 20 Nov 2025 13:25:00 +0000

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States trying to regulate AI could be overruled by Trumps federal task force.

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Experts have warned AI is evolving much faster than any regulation can
control, and that the flimsy safety laws we have in place are inadequate in protecting users and the wider society.

But, even those flimsy protections may be overruled in the US, as new plans from the Trump administration see a new executive order giving the federal government unbridled power over states, creating an AI Litigation Task Force which would look to challenge state AI laws.

The draft document states the taskforce would look to remove all barriers and regulatory frameworks for American AI Leadership, emphasizing the importance for the US to lead the global technological revolution; Our national security demands that we win this race.

Cumbersome regulation

One particular target of the taskforce will be Californias new AI safety
laws, which the draft order calls complex and burdensome, claiming the bill
is based on the purely speculative suspicion that AI might pose significant catastrophic risk.

The legislation also notifies states there is likely to be restrictions to funding for those that have implemented AI laws the administration deems to
be onerous, or that require AI models to alter their truthful outputs, or
that may compel AI developers or deployers to disclose or report information
in a manner that would violate the First Amendment.

Its important to note the timing of this order. Its pretty widely expected
that the AI bubble looks likely to burst at any minute, which in turn means many tech companies (and otherwise) who have gone all-in on AI are now, it seems, in danger of imminent collapse - and in fact the whole world economy seems to be just circling the drain waiting for the at first domino to fall.

So, by eliminating guardrails and regulations, the Trump administration is
most likely looking to soften this blow by putting users and consumers in harm's way through deregulated and unrestricted AI with less transparency or accountability there to protect the public.

Via The Verge

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Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/trump-administration-wants-to-use-feder al-power-to-challenge-state-ai-laws

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WHat are the actual risks and to whom? seems many various parties with different risks and agendas.
Those empowered by the narrative the spew as governors, senators, AGs ... its powerful local a.i they fear and wish to restrict. meaning restrict the commoners ability to use A.i. for research. intelectual censorship.
The risk of a.i. to the commoner is A.i. from google, apple, facebook, government. these structures are much easier to limit by limiting their power use. This subject seems to be avoided, but is our greatest risk. real time monitoring and restricting through social or civil credit systems. Real time shadow backlisting and shadowbanning. Shadow banning is definitely not new, I have had alot, especially over 5 or 6 or 7 years ago when I was on more sites. Twitter was the easiest to get banned. FAcebook does more shadowing banning. youtube shadowbans comments on certain vids to keep their echo chamber effect intact in some streaming comments, not all. ..

A.i. for the basic civilian shouldnt have any regulation. A.i. on public networks collecting data should very much be WAY regulated. we need more privacy , our right of privacy has been almost all but stripped. just because a bunch of fools on FB dont care about it does not justify stealing all ours.

Its a big subject with facets of great importance avoided.

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A.i. for the basic civilian shouldnt have any regulation.

I am not sure about this. Most "basic civilians" wouldn't need regulation.
That said, there are enough cases of adult civilians who are into doing
things that involve children that I suspect there would be regulation
required.

A.i. on public
networks collecting data should very much be WAY regulated. we need more privacy , our right of privacy has been almost all but stripped. just because bunch of fools on FB dont care about it does not justify stealing all ours.

I see nothing in the rest of this to disagree with.

I think the original subject was the federal government attempting to
prevent states from regulating AI in the corporate sense, like preventing
them from doing what you describe (unchecked data collection) as well as
other things that are not in the public interest. Unless the federal government starts showing more interest in regulating what these corporate entities can do to civilians, I believe preventing the states from taking measures to protect the public is a terrible mistake.


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