The Trump administration may not be fighting government AI regulations after all

The Trump administration has been aiming to regulate AI nationwide, and the president has announced this Posted on social media This week, the industry needs “one federal standard rather than a patchwork of 50 state-level regulatory regimes.”

This comes after a 10-year ban on regulating government AI was initially included in Trump’s “big beautiful bill” before it was eventually passed. It was removed by the Senate In a vote of 99-1.

Obviously, the idea took a new form with the administration He reportedly drafted an executive order It would create an AI Litigation Task Force tasked with challenging state AI laws through lawsuits. States with contested AI laws will reportedly be at risk of losing federal broadband funding.

Now, Reuters reports so The executive order has been suspended. If signed, the order would likely face significant opposition, including from the opposition Republicans who previously criticized The proposed moratorium on state regulation.

Regulation of artificial intelligence has also been a controversial topic in Silicon Valley, with some figures in the industry — particularly those in the Trump administration — Attacking companies like Anthropic To support AI safety bills including California SB 53.