Jared Perlo is a fellow covering AI. He is supported by the Tarbell Center for AI Journalism and his work is produced exclusively by NBC News.
The White House released a new framework for national AI legislation Friday morning, focusing on protections for children and boosting America’s AI industry while calling for sharp limits on state laws that it says would slow down AI development and legal liability for AI developers.
The legislative proposal emphasizes the need for Congress to establish a unifying federal approach to AI rather than let states set individual rules that it says could hamper AI innovation, a position the White House has repeatedly signalled over the past months. Politicians and activists across the political spectrum have instead advocated for states’ ability to regulate AI in the absence of meaningful federal action, as Congress debates how to regulate the fast-moving technology. “The Federal government is uniquely positioned to set a consistent national policy that enables us to win the AI race and deliver its benefits to the American people,” the White House said in an announcement accompanying the framework’s release, “while effectively addressing the policy challenges that accompany this transformative technology. The Administration looks forward to working with Congress in the coming months to turn this framework into legislation that the President can sign.” The framework is split into seven main areas, from “Protecting Children and Empowering Parents” and “Respecting Intellectual Property Rights and Supporting Creators” to “Educating Americans and Developing an AI-Ready Workforce.” Several of the framework’s provisions, including the focus on child protections and support for building American AI infrastructure, were previewed in President Donald Trump’s executive order from December. That order directed David Sacks, the White House’s AI czar, and Michael Kratsios, Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, to create Friday’s draft framework. The framework supports limiting the liability of America’s AI developers due to harms from AI systems, particularly railing against “open-ended liability” which “could give rise to excessive litigation” for issues related to child safety. The framework also advances limitations on states’ ability to “penalize AI developers for a third party’s unlawful conduct involving their models.” These proposed restrictions on liability align with messaging from Sacks, a venture capitalist, and many leading Silicon Valley investors claiming that significant liability provisions would harm American AI innovation and scare away future investment. The need to regulate America’s booming AI industry has quickly become a uniting factor for MAGA conservatives and progressive activists. In recent months, slowing the spread and construction of data centers has become a key bipartisan issue in many state capitols.
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