Politico November 26, 2025
Calder Mchugh

UNLIKELY ALLIES — The stakes in regulatory fights are often framed in overheated terms, but this time a disagreement is unfolding in Washington that warrants it. The battle over who gets to write the rules for artificial intelligence couldn’t be higher. The guardrails crafted for the budding AI industry will not only have serious implications for the economy, but for how far companies can go in building tools that change the very fabric of human development.

The debate in recent weeks has been whether the Trump administration should preempt an emerging patchwork of state laws with a national standard creating rules around AI development. As it stands, there are few national laws on the books, and most of the significant...

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Topics: AI (Artificial Intelligence), Congress / White House, Govt Agencies, Regulations, States, Technology
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