Venture capitalist David Sacks has officially left his role as President Trump's Special Advisor on AI and Crypto after exhausting his 130-day special government employee limit, moving to co-chair the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST).
U.S. District Judge Rita Lin issued a preliminary injunction halting the Pentagon's designation of Anthropic as a national security supply-chain risk, ruling the move was likely unlawful retaliation for the company's refusal to remove AI safety guardrails for military use.
The Trump administration published its National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence, urging Congress to establish a single federal standard that would override the growing patchwork of state-level AI regulations, handing Big Tech the federal preemption it has long lobbied for.
The White House and House Republicans are jointly developing a legislative package to preempt state-level AI regulations, combining AI law preemption with children's online safety provisions as the 90-day deadline from Trump's December AI executive order arrives.
Trump administration labels Utah HB 286 unfixable, asserting federal AI regulation authority through executive order despite child protection exemption promises.
The U.S. Department of Transportation under the Trump administration plans to leverage Google's Gemini AI to draft new federal regulations, aiming to accelerate rulemaking but sparking concerns over safety and accuracy.
The Trump administration is pushing for major tech companies to pay for the construction of new power plants to meet the surging electricity demand from AI data centers, with a proposed $15 billion commitment from the industry.
