Public Knowledge Rejects Illegal and Illogical Executive Order Targeting State AI Laws

Rather than doing the hard work of establishing a federal regulatory standard for AI with Congress, the White House has invented authorities and delegated non-existent powers to the agencies and executives most anxious to do the President’s bidding. Meanwhile, Congress is trying again to slip soundly rejected AI regulation moratoriums into must-pass legislation in the dark of night. We can agree with the President’s desire for ‘one Federal Standard’ for regulation of AI, but only Congress can actually enact one. And they should – a framework for AI regulation is critical to ensuring consumer trust and driving innovation. Where Congress has failed to act, states have stepped up. The President has no authority or power to overrule them by decree.