Trump signs executive order targeting state AI laws

"MAGA populists made a last-minute bid to try to shape the executive order, pitching two draft proposals to the White House this week. The White House also consulted Republican governors for the executive order, Axios first reported."

""There's only going to be one winner here, and that's probably going to be the U.S. or China. And right now, we're winning by a lot," Trump said."

"Trump suggested China does not have any regulatory hurdles, but said that "people want to be in the United States and they want to do it here, and we have the big investment coming but if they had to get 50 different approvals from 50 different states, you can forget it because that's not possible to do.""

"The White House suffered a significant loss when Congress rejected including preemption language in the annual defense policy bill despite intense pressure from Trump, the White House and the tech industry. It was the second major defeat this year in the administration's bid to reshape the AI policy landscape through Congress: senators stripped a similar provision from the budget bill in a 99-1 vote."

MAGA populists pitched two draft proposals to shape a forthcoming executive order, and the White House also consulted Republican governors. President Trump framed the effort as a U.S.–China competition and said the United States is "winning by a lot." He argued that China lacks regulatory hurdles and that investment would flow to the United States unless 50-state approval regimes deterred companies. Congress rejected preemption language in the defense policy bill and previously stripped a similar provision from the budget bill in a 99-1 vote. Legal challenges from states and Republican infighting are expected.

Read at Axios