Trump signed an AI executive order targeting state laws and promising one national rulebook. Critics warn it could trigger court battles and prolong uncertainty for startups while Congress debates federal rules.

President Donald Trump executive order on a national artificial intelligence framework threatens funding for states that pursue AI laws deemed "onerous."

The order creates an "AI Litigation Task Force" to challenge state laws and uses federal funds for broadband access as a bargaining chip.

President Donald Trump’s executive order to ban states from creating robust regulations around artificial intelligence is another potential roadblock for Colorado’s first-in-the-nation AI law.

Dec 8 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he would sign an executive order this week that he said would create a single national rule for artificial intelligence, which the industry has said is necessary to override disparate laws passed by U.

The order is intended to boost the AI industry, which has been eager for a national law rolling back state regulations governing the fast-moving technology. That idea has crashed against political roadblocks in Congress: Two previous efforts this year collapsed,