US: executive order on AI regulations
President Trump signed an executive order in December 2025 aimed at limiting the ability of individual U.S. states to impose their own regulations on artificial intelligence. Under the order, the federal government — primarily through the U.S. Department of Justice and the Department of Commerce — is directed to challenge state-level AI laws deemed “onerous” or inconsistent with a unified national AI policy. The administration argued that a patchwork of 50 different state regulatory regimes would stifle AI innovation and hamper U.S. competitiveness globally. While the order does not automatically nullify existing state laws, its critics say it represents a sweeping federal attempt to undercut state authority over AI governance and threatens to preempt state efforts at protecting privacy, fairness, and public safety.