New Executive Order Seeks to Ensure a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence

The Executive Order outlines a federal strategy to limit, challenge and potentially preempt state AI laws, intensifying the debate over who sets the rules for AI in the United States. Background: Federal AI Policy and State AI Laws – Earlier this year, President Trump revoked Executive Order 14110, “Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence,” issued under the prior administration, and replaced it with Executive Order 14179 (the “EO”), “Removing Barriers to…
By: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP