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California cements its role as the national testing ground for AI rules
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To see where tech policy is going in the U.S., look west: California is escalating its push to regulate AI across multiple fronts.
Key facts
- California is moving ahead as the Trump administration pushes for a national AI standard that would preempt nearly all state-level AI laws
- Still, the state is hardly immune to Big Tech influence even as it manages to pass tech legislation
- To see where tech policy is going in the U.S., look west: California is escalating its push to regulate AI across multiple fronts
- California's multipronged approach makes it likely that AI companies in the U.S. will treat the state's rules as a de facto national standard, even as the White House moves to rein in state regulation
Summary
California's multipronged approach makes it likely that AI companies in the U.S. will treat the state's rules as a de facto national standard, even as the White House moves to rein in state regulation. It follows a familiar pattern: California acts first, companies adapt to keep doing business there, and Congress dithers, eventually ceding its role to states due to gridlock. California is moving ahead as the Trump administration pushes for a national AI standard that would preempt nearly all state-level AI laws. The White House last month unveiled its AI legislative framework, a wish list for an elusive bill from a divided Congress.