Trump demands end to state AI regulation, warns of economic threat

President Donald Trump has demanded an end to excessive state-level regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) and warned that state rules will end up threatening the U.S. economy.

In a post shared to Truth Social on Tuesday, Trump also slammed “Woke AI” and referred to a “patchwork” of state regulations in the AI space.

“Investment in AI is helping to make the U.S. Economy the ‘HOTTEST’ in the World,” Trump wrote.

“But overregulation by the States is threatening to undermine this Major Growth Engine. Some States are even trying to embed DEI ideology into AI models, producing ‘Woke AI’ (Remember Black George Washington?). We MUST have one Federal Standard instead of a patchwork of 50 State Regulatory Regimes,” he added.

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Trump’s comments came as House Republican leaders signaled they may try to include AI preemption language in the annual National Defense Authorization Act. This would block states from bringing in their own AI rules and protections.

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., had said Monday that GOP leaders are considering the measure to prevent what he called “regulatory chaos” as states advance their own rules. 

Trump’s push for a unified national framework is inline with his broader “Winning the AI Race: America’s AI Action Plan.”

Under executive orders issued in July, federal agencies must avoid procuring AI systems that “sacrifice truthfulness and accuracy to ideological agendas,” adhere to “Unbiased AI Principles,” and support the fight against AI-generated deepfakes through the “Take It Down Act.”

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President Trump is warning that excessive state AI regulation undermines economic growth and calls for a…