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As part of House Republicans’ must-pass budget reconciliation bill, lawmakers just snuck in a ten-year federal preemption of state-level artificial intelligence laws — effectively nullifying all local efforts to regulate the explosive spread of AI technology.
The move would be a major win for Big Tech, which has argued that state regulation is hamstringing their ability to do business.
Generative artificial intelligence giant OpenAI previously included federal AI preemption and “ensuring the freedom to innovate” on a recent policy wish list for the Trump administration. They criticized state and local laws as a “patchwork” of regulation which “risks bogging down innovation” and “undermining America’s leadership position.”
OpenAI recommends federal preemption as a matter of efficiency, encouraging federal regulators to work with the AI industry on drafting regulation to “coordinate expertise.”
Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO and a former Trump critic, is now intent on courting the president’s good graces. He donated $1 million to Trump’s inauguration fund.
Other Big Tech giants who’ve publicly urged the Trump administration to embrace federal AI preemption include Meta, IBM, and Google.
Prompted by federal inaction, state lawmakers across the country have introduced a slate of artificial intelligence laws in dozens of states this year, and at least six states have already enacted regulation.
The preemption law is yet another gift to AI industry executives, who Trump has protected from copyright enforcement and welcomed to his cabinet — despite AI’s existential threats to national security and the environment.
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