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Scoop: White House, Hill relaunch effort to block state AI laws
The White House is negotiating a federal preemption of state AI laws in exchange for its support of key tech policy priorities from the Hill.
TL;DR
- The White House is negotiating a federal preemption of state AI laws.
- This preemption is being discussed in exchange for support on tech policy priorities like child online safety and combating deepfakes.
- Senator Marsha Blackburn is leading negotiations for a package including the Kids Online Safety Act and the NO FAKES Act.
- The proposed package is not a blanket pre-emption of all AI or child safety laws.
- This effort suggests a bipartisan bill from Reps. Jay Obernolte and Lori Trahan might not be the path forward for AI policy.
- A previous attempt by the Trump administration to preempt states faced significant pushback.
- The White House is also meeting with AI companies regarding benchmarking for a recent executive order.
- The push for AI legislation faces challenges due to the approaching August recess and the election year.