The Trump administration and the 119th Congress are pursuing artificial intelligence (AI) legislation focused almost entirely on the federal preemption of any existing or future state AI laws, and these attempts have been staunchly opposed by a broad spectrum of technology, labor, and civil rights groups.
The administration and Congress continue to make state preemption a critical technology policy issue, with the administration making it a central part of its National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence, the majority members of the House of Representatives recently moving new child safety and privacy bills with state preemption, and reports that Rep. Jay Olbernolte (R-CA) is preparing to release an AI bill that includes state preemption.
Join representatives from the Center for American Progress, the AFL-CIO Tech Institute, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Public Citizen, and Public Knowledge for a discussion about why state preemption of AI, child safety, and privacy laws is not the path forward for meaningful AI legislation and what real issues must be prioritized in any meaningful federal AI legislation.