Congressional Republicans recently decided not to include a Trump-backed plan to block state AI laws in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), although it could be included in other legislation. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has also failed to get congressional backing for legislation that would punish states with AI laws.

On Thursday evening, President Donald Trump signed an executive order calling for a single regulatory framework governing artificial intelligence in the US at the expense of different states to regulate the nascent technology.

Donald Trump has limited states' role in regulating artificial intelligence in the name of winning the "AI race."

Trump’s latest executive order attempts to punish states that regulate artificial intelligence technology, a policy that has triggered division in the GOP.

Colorado's state law, passed in 2024, seeks to prevent discrimination in the AI systems that businesses and governments use in making key decisions, such as hiring, education and banking.

On Dec. 11, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that aims to block states from enacting and enforcing their own laws regulating artificial intelligence. Here's what to know.

The bipartisan group of senators sent letters to eight companies: Anthropic, Character.AI, Google, Luka, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI and xAI.