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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Nick Robins-Early and Dara Kerr

Trump signs executive order aimed at preventing states from regulating AI

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Donald Trump prior to signing the executive order on AI, at the White House on 11 December 2025. Photograph: Al Drago/Reuters

Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday that seeks to halt any laws limiting artificial intelligence and block states from regulating the rapidly emerging technology. The order also creates a federal taskforce that will have the “sole responsibility” of challenging states’ AI laws.

At a signing ceremony, the president touted AI companies’ enthusiasm for wanting to “invest” in the United States and said that “if they had to get 50 different approvals from 50 different states, you could forget it”.

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