Trump’s AI Policy Framework Leaves Most Vulnerable Exposed
The White House’s new National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence, released last Friday, doubles down on a push for AI deregulation. Yesterday, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) took up the call, signaling plans to translate the framework into law.
The framework covers seven areas: child safety, free speech, intellectual property, workforce development, energy permitting, innovation, and preemption of state AI laws. While the preemption provision was listed last, it will have an outsized impact. The framework proposes to preempt state AI laws that impose “undue burdens,” preserving only a narrow set of state authorities: generally applicable laws protecting children, preventing fraud, and protecting consumers; state zoning authority over AI infrastructure; and requirements governing a state’s own use of AI. Anything outside those boundaries—and much falls outside them—states would have no authority to address, regardless of the harms their residents face. This is not a fringe concern—polls consistently show majorities of Americans across party lines support more oversight of AI, not less.
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