US EditionAP: Trump wants to stop states from regulating AI. This Utah Republican isn’t listening
Fiefia says the bill would require safety plans and whistleblower protections for frontier AI companies, as tech groups spent $2.3 million against him.
- Utah state representative Doug Fiefia is pushing for state-level artificial intelligence regulations, placing him on a collision course with President Donald Trump's administration, which helped block his proposal requiring child safety protocols.
- More than 1,000 state legislative proposals addressing artificial intelligence have emerged across the country, reflecting widespread uneasiness. A Quinnipiac poll last month found about 8 in 10 people in the United States concerned about AI and wanting government involvement.
- Fiefia co-chairs an AI task force with Vermont Democrat Monique Priestley through the Future Caucus to share legislative strategies. Priestley said they face "an army of full-time lobbyists" who oppose their bills.
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Trump wants to stop states from regulating AI. This Utah Republican isn’t listening.
RIVERTON, Utah — When a dozen Republican activists gathered on a back deck in the Salt Lake City suburbs to talk about this year’s elections, the conversation cycled through all the staples of conservative chatter in Utah such as dwindling water supplies, illegal immigrant fraud and chemtrail conspiracy theories. Read more...
Trump's campaign to preempt state AI regulation faces resistance from states and Congress alike
In short: The Trump administration is waging a multi-front campaign to prevent states from regulating AI, using a DOJ litigation task force, Commerce Department evaluations of “burdensome” state laws, and a legislative framework urging Congress to preempt state-level regulation with a “minimally burdensome national standard.” But states have accelerated in the opposite direction – 1,208 […] This story continues at The Next Web
When a group of Republican activists gathered on the terrace of a house in the suburbs of Salt Lake City to discuss this year’s elections, the conversation touched on all the usual issues of conservative discourse in Utah, such as growing water scarcity, undocumented immigrants’ fraud and conspiracy theories about the chemical steles of aircraft. But Doug Fiefia, a state representative seeking to reach the state Senate, wanted to start with some…
When a group of Republican activists gathered on the terrace of a house in Salt Lake City suburbs to discuss this year's elections, the conversation touched on all the usual issues of conservative discourse in Utah, such as growing water shortages, undocumented immigration fraud, and conspiracy theories about the chemical wakes of planes.
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