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Title: White House Prepares Executive Order To Block State AI Laws

Link: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/11/20/00342...

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Politico: The White House is
preparing to issue an executive order as soon as Friday that tells the
Department of Justice and other federal agencies to prevent states from
regulating artificial intelligence, according to four people familiar with
the matter and a leaked draft of the order obtained by POLITICO. The draft
document, confirmed as authentic by three people familiar with the matter,
would create an "AI Litigation Task Force" at the DOJ whose "sole
responsibility" would be to challenge state AI laws. Government lawyers would
be directed to challenge state laws on the grounds that they
unconstitutionally regulate interstate commerce, are preempted by existing
federal regulations or otherwise at the attorney general's discretion. The
task force would consult with administration officials, including the special
adviser for AI and crypto -- a role currently occupied by tech investor David
Sacks. The executive order, in the draft obtained by POLITICO, would also
empower Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to publish a review of "onerous"
state AI laws within 90 days and restrict federal broadband funds to states
whose AI laws are found to be objectionable. It would direct the Federal
Trade Commission to investigate whether state AI laws that "require
alterations to the truthful outputs of AI models" are blocked by the FTC Act.
And it would order the Federal Communications Commission to begin work on a
reporting and disclosure standard for AI models that would preempt
conflicting state laws.

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