White House gives Congress its AI policy wishlist in new legislative framework

Source Domain: fedscoop.com

The White House presented a six-item framework to Congress to provide a clear legislative pathway for artificial intelligence (AI) regulation, aimed at ensuring public trust in its development and daily use.
The policy framework focuses on areas central to the Trump administration: protecting children, safeguarding communities and small businesses, promoting intellectual property rights, supporting free speech, encouraging innovation, and preempting state AI laws.
Opposition to state regulation of AI has faced significant legislative challenges, highlighted by failed attempts like Sen. Ted Cruz’s bill to ban state AI legislation for a decade.
The White House emphasized the necessity of a uniform national policy to avoid a “patchwork of conflicting state laws” that could undermine innovation and global leadership in AI.
The framework seeks to balance federal regulation to support innovation while protecting Americans from potential AI harms, such as censorship, high energy costs, copyright infringement, and AI-generated child sexual abuse material.
The release follows legislative efforts by Sen. Marsha Blackburn to codify President Trump’s executive order that aims to curtail states’ regulatory authority over AI.

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