{"id":234460,"date":"2026-06-21T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/21\/trump-tried-to-block-states-from-regulating-ai-but-some-are-forging-ahead\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T06:05:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T10:05:14","slug":"trump-tried-to-block-states-from-regulating-ai-but-some-are-forging-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/21\/trump-tried-to-block-states-from-regulating-ai-but-some-are-forging-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump tried to block states from regulating AI, but some are forging ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/world-nation\/story\/2026-06-21\/trump-tried-to-block-states-from-regulating-ai-but-some-are-forging-ahead\">Trump tried to block states from regulating AI, but some are forging ahead<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/world-nation\/story\/2026-06-21\/trump-tried-to-block-states-from-regulating-ai-but-some-are-forging-ahead\">https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/world-nation\/story\/2026-06-21\/trump-tried-to-block-states-from-regulating-ai-but-some-are-forging-ahead<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-21 06:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.latimes.com\">www.latimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>President Trump cautioned states against regulating AI, yet states are progressing in this area despite congressional stagnation.<\/li>\n<li>State measures now tend to be narrower and focus on specific AI aspects impacting everyday interactions, like chatbot interactions with children.<\/li>\n<li>The Trump administration tried to curtail state regulation through an executive order and threats to withhold funding, but has not actively enforced it.<\/li>\n<li>Many states, including Illinois, have introduced bills tailored to prevent AI-caused disasters and demand accountability from developers.<\/li>\n<li>States are increasingly restricting AI chatbot interactions, especially with children, to enhance transparency and privacy.<\/li>\n<li>There&#8217;s a push for greater transparency in AI decision-making, with California and Colorado leading in prohibiting AI use in critical areas like employment and housing without disclosure.<\/li>\n<li>While several Republican-led states are advancing such regulations, some, like Florida, have blocked or scaled back proposals for AI regulation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump tried to block states from regulating AI, but some are forging ahead https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/world-nation\/story\/2026-06-21\/trump-tried-to-block-states-from-regulating-ai-but-some-are-forging-ahead Publish&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":234461,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/e48f65a\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/5334x2800+0+378\/resize\/1200x630!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F6c%2Fc0%2F9fb273fd4321aab09dae288a31e5%2F37486a217fa544d48645f614a22e55ae.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-234460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234460"}],"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=234460"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":234462,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234460\/revisions\/234462"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}