{"id":220908,"date":"2026-05-26T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/26\/trump-eo-impacts-new-artificial-intelligence-laws-in-virginia\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T06:50:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T10:50:46","slug":"trump-eo-impacts-new-artificial-intelligence-laws-in-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/26\/trump-eo-impacts-new-artificial-intelligence-laws-in-virginia\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump EO impacts new artificial intelligence laws in Virginia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wvtf.org\/news\/2026-05-26\/trump-eo-impacts-new-artificial-intelligence-laws-in-virginia\">Trump EO impacts new artificial intelligence laws in Virginia<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wvtf.org\/news\/2026-05-26\/trump-eo-impacts-new-artificial-intelligence-laws-in-virginia\">https:\/\/www.wvtf.org\/news\/2026-05-26\/trump-eo-impacts-new-artificial-intelligence-laws-in-virginia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-26 15:30:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.wvtf.org\">www.wvtf.org<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>During the 2026 legislative session, numerous bills proposed for regulating artificial intelligence (AI) were introduced but ultimately did not pass.<\/li>\n<li>The potential influence of AI in various sectors has led to concerns about regulation, especially given that AI remains largely unregulated.<\/li>\n<li>President Trump signed an executive order in December aiming for a national framework instead of state-based regulations, which impacted the legislative efforts in Virginia due to threats related to federal broadband funding.<\/li>\n<li>Chesapeake Delegate Cliff Hayes had a bill aimed at establishing a framework for trusted AI providers but withdrew it, citing the threat to the state&#8217;s $1.48 billion in broadband funding.<\/li>\n<li>Senator Tara Durant\u2019s bill to regulate chat bots interactions with children was also killed, despite concerns about the risks these bots pose to young users.<\/li>\n<li>A more limited AI-related law passed, requiring the Virginia Department of Education to develop guidelines on AI use in schools, although this is seen as insufficient by its author.<\/li>\n<li>Delegate Hayes announced plans for new AI regulations focusing on youth AI chat bot interactions, possibly by 2027, although the availability of federal funding remains uncertain.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump EO impacts new artificial intelligence laws in Virginia https:\/\/www.wvtf.org\/news\/2026-05-26\/trump-eo-impacts-new-artificial-intelligence-laws-in-virginia Publish Date: 2026-05-26 15:30:00 Source&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":220909,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/b3ee95b\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/2048x1075+0+230\/resize\/1200x630!\/quality\/90\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fcd%2F21%2F14f41a604a1eabd9c5cd5a918cde%2Fhouse-10-29.jfif","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-220908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220908"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220908"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":220910,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220908\/revisions\/220910"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}