# President Donald Trump signed an order aimed at thwarting state-level regulation of artificial intelligence.

*genai · news · 2025-12-12 · NDTV Profit*

## Key points

- Trump's executive order establishes a federal AI standard, preempting conflicting state-level AI laws.
- An AI Litigation Task Force will be created to challenge inconsistent state laws, led by the US attorney general.
- The order allows federal agencies to condition grant funding on states not enacting conflicting AI laws.
- Tech industry lobbying, including OpenAI and Google, was instrumental in making this order a priority.
- The Commerce Secretary must publish, within 90 days, an evaluation of onerous or conflicting state AI laws.

**Companies:** Alphabet Inc., Apple Inc., Nvidia Corp., OpenAI
**Countries:** United States

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