Trump: warns China that the race is at risk and issues an AI directive to limit state regulations
Trump: President Donald Trump of the United States issued an executive order to centralize artificial intelligence legislation in the country, claiming that disjointed state-level regulations might impede innovation and threaten America’s advantage over China in a crucial global technological race.
“We are now leading by a significant margin in a fantastic sector, and we have a huge signing. During Thursday’s signing ceremony, Trump said, “It’s the AI — Artificial intelligence.” “We are in the lead in China. We are much ahead of everyone.
Trump presented AI as a vital strategic battle. “This contest will only have one winner. It will most likely be either China or the United States,” he said. “And we’re winning by a significant margin right now.”
The presidential order aims to reduce the influence of state-level rules that the government claims might discourage investment in data centers, computing infrastructure, and energy systems by directing AI research under a unified national framework.
Trump said, “You can forget it if they had to get 50 different approvals from 50 different states.” “One hostile actor is all that is required.”
The objective is to guarantee AI “can operate within a single national framework in this country as opposed to being subject to state-level regulation that could potentially cripple the industry,” according to a senior administration official. AI leadership is linked to “economic growth, job development, national security and technological edge.”
David Sacks, who was named the administration’s “AI and crypto czar,” cautioned that state laws pertaining to AI are being passed quickly. “At the moment, state legislatures are considering more than a thousand laws to govern AI. He said that “more than 100 of them have already passed,” adding that “25 percent of them are in California, New York, and Illinois.”
While preserving protections in areas like child safety, Sacks said that the administration would collaborate with Congress to “create that federal framework” and resist “the most onerous and excessive state regulations.”
Additionally, speakers during the event framed AI as a political values struggle. Trump said that Beijing would gain a geopolitical edge if US AI research was slowed. “The greatest gift China has ever received would be to not do this,” he remarked.
When asked whether he was more worried about China or the dangers of artificial intelligence in general, Trump said, “Both,” citing the technology’s rapid advancements.
“You’ve previously looked at medicine and medical research… Even in the early stages of AI, we are well ahead of anything we ever anticipated.
According to him, the presidential directives urge the government to move swiftly to guarantee that AI can function in this nation under a single national framework rather than being governed by state laws that may otherwise destroy the sector.