President Trump signed Executive Order to block states from enforcing own AI rules.

So... this just happened on Friday 12/12/25 that did not receive the fanfare it should have because they had all of us distracted with the Erika Kirk media blitz as it most likely was time perfectly for this next roll-out of major AI rules put out by Trump using an Executive Order.

I don't like this one bit.

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BBC News 12/12/25: US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at blocking states from enforcing their own artificial intelligence (AI) regulations.

"We want to have one central source of approval," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday.

It will give the Trump administration tools to push back on the most "onerous" state rules, said White House AI adviser David Sacks. The government will not oppose AI regulations around children's safety, he added.

The move marks a win for technology giants who have called for US-wide AI legislation as it could have a major impact on America's goal of leading the fast-developing industry.

But the move to pre-empt state laws has drawn opposition.

While the US currently has no national laws regulating AI, more than 1,000 separate AI bills have been introduced in states across the US, according to the White House.

This year alone, 38 states including California, home to many of the world's biggest technology companies, have adopted some 100 AI regulations, the National Conference of State Legislatures says.

Those rules range widely.

One in California requires platforms to regularly remind users they are interacting with a chatbot, in a bid to protect children and teens from potential harms. The state also passed a bill requiring the largest AI developers to lay out plans to limit potential catastrophic risks stemming from their AI models.