President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Dec. 11 that seeks to establish a federal standard on regulating artificial intelligence (AI) companies and prevent states from putting limits on the booming industry.
“You have to have a central source of approval,” Trump said during a signing ceremony at the White House on Thursday. “When they need approvals on things, they have to come to one source. They can’t go to California, New York, and various other places like Illinois. They’re putting all this money in. It’s a big part of the economy.”
Since Trump took office in January, state-level AI regulation has been bipartisan, with a large number of Republican-led states like Arkansas, Florida, Alabama, and North Dakota passing legislation to clamp down on the industry, particularly as parents sue companies like OpenAI, accusing its chatbot of encouraging their children to commit suicide….