The executive order is the latest in a series of attempts by the Trump administration to hold back state-level AI rules. But many Republicans are also uncomfortable with the effort.

The White House has released a fact sheet and Presidential Action outlining a new Executive Order intended to create a unified national policy framework for artificial intelligence, aiming to reduce regulatory fragmentation and guide how AI is governed across the United States.

Justice Department will challenge state laws on artificial intelligence and federal technology grants could be withheld.

The White House Dec. 11 issued an executive order to establish a national artificial intelligence framework to preempt state regulation. The order calls for the creation of an AI Litigation Task Force to challenge state laws that may be unconstitutional or otherwise unlawful.

President Trump's executive order comes as Governor DeSantis pushed state lawmakers to introduce an "AI Bill of Rights" next session. Critics say the White House cannot block states in this manner, unless congress actually passes a law.

After Congress failed to pass a federal moratorium on state AI laws, the administration is taking matters into its own hands.

The order creates an “AI Litigation Task Force” to challenge state laws and uses federal funds for broadband access as a bargaining chip.

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.

MAGA populists are making a last-minute bid to shape President Trump's promised executive order targeting state AI laws, pitching two draft proposals to the White House this week. Why it matters: Republicans are split on regulating AI,