AI Safety Newsletter #67: Trump’s preemption executive order

President Trump issued an executive order to prevent states from regulating AI by using federal tools like funding withholding and legal challenges, aiming to replace varied state rules with a single federal framework. The order directs federal agencies, including the Attorney General and Commerce Secretary, to challenge state AI laws they view as problematic, while the FTC and FCC will issue guidance on how existing federal laws apply to AI. This action follows a year where ambitious state AI safety proposals, like New York's RAISE Act (which would require AI labs to publish safety practices and report serious incidents), were either weakened or blocked.