{"id":231304,"date":"2026-06-14T05:11:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T09:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/14\/trump-tried-to-block-state-ai-regulations-but-some-states-are-forging-ahead-wral-com\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T06:30:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T10:30:15","slug":"trump-tried-to-block-state-ai-regulations-but-some-states-are-forging-ahead-wral-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/14\/trump-tried-to-block-state-ai-regulations-but-some-states-are-forging-ahead-wral-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump tried to block state AI regulations, but some states are forging ahead :: WRAL.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wral.com\/news\/ap\/23a0e-trump-tried-to-block-state-ai-regulations-but-some-states-are-forging-ahead\/\">Trump tried to block state AI regulations, but some states are forging ahead :: WRAL.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wral.com\/news\/ap\/23a0e-trump-tried-to-block-state-ai-regulations-but-some-states-are-forging-ahead\/\">https:\/\/www.wral.com\/news\/ap\/23a0e-trump-tried-to-block-state-ai-regulations-but-some-states-are-forging-ahead\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-14 05:11:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.wral.com\">www.wral.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>State Regulation Increases<\/strong>: Six months after President Trump tried to restrict state-level regulation of artificial intelligence (AI), states continue to advance their own regulations in areas such as the use of chatbots with children and accountability for AI developers.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Federal Inaction<\/strong>: Congress has not produced federal regulation for AI, prompting states to fill the vacuum with targeted legislation that scrutinizes how AI interacts with sensitive demographics like children.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Targeted State Legislation<\/strong>: Rather than broad attempts to regulate AI comprehensively, many state efforts are more specific and focus on unique interactions where AI is increasingly prevalent but not yet fully understood, such as in employment, education, housing, and banking.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Trump\u2019s Criticism and Response<\/strong>: President Trump&#8217;s concerns about state regulation potentially disrupting economic competition with China prompted an executive order against state laws deemed overly restrictive. Yet states have largely proceeded with new AI legislation.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Industry and Political Reactions<\/strong>: Despite the executive order, states continue to introduce more AI-related regulations. Notably, bipartisan support within states suggests a pragmatic response to the lack of federal action on AI regulation.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Focus on Accountability and Transparency<\/strong>: Legislative trends indicate a push for transparency in AI use, especially in sensitive areas like healthcare and employment, and increased accountability for AI developers to prevent disasters caused by AI systems.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Legislative Examples<\/strong>: Notable examples include Illinois requiring developers to have independent audits, multiple states restricting AI chatbot interactions with minors, and Colorado requiring disclosure when AI influences important decisions.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Regulatory Pushback<\/strong>: Despite some Republican resistance and federal opposition to certain bills, many states have pressed on with developing their own AI regulations. This suggests ongoing local initiatives to manage the broad implications of AI in society.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump tried to block state AI regulations, but some states are forging ahead :: WRAL.com&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":231305,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.wral.com\/0049e5af-16e3-524e-86c6-eccb5638f828?w=1200&h=630","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-231304","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\/231304"}],"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=231304"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":231306,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231304\/revisions\/231306"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}