U.S. President Donald Trump said he will issue an executive order this week to unify regulation of the artificial intelligence (AI) industry at the federal level. The aim is to integrate differing state-by-state regulatory frameworks to reduce the burden on corporations and maintain the United States' edge in AI.
Trump said on the 8th (local time) on the social media platform Truth Social that "to continue leading in AI, we need a single rulebook," adding that he will sign a "One Rule" executive order this week. He noted that the United States currently leads other countries in the AI race, but warned that competitiveness could weaken if all 50 states apply their own regulatory and approval procedures.
Aiming at strict AI rules in some states, Trump said "many of the 50 states are 'bad actors,'" and argued that a structure requiring corporations to obtain approvals from multiple states every time they launch a new venture will "kill AI in its infancy."
He went on to stress the need for federal-level regulatory unification, saying, "Corporations should not be expected to get 50 approvals every time. That approach will never work."