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The Trump administration has been targeting state-level AI regulation, with the president declaring in a social media post<\/a> this week that the industry needs \u201cone Federal Standard instead of a patchwork of 50 State Regulatory Regimes.\u201d<\/p>\n This comes after a 10-year ban on state AI regulation was initially included in Trump\u2019s \u201cBig Beautiful Bill\u201d before ultimately getting removed by the Senate<\/a> in a 99-1 vote.\u00a0<\/p>\n The idea then apparently took on a new form, with the administration reportedly drafting an executive order<\/a> that would establish an AI Litigation Task Force with a mission to challenge state AI laws through lawsuits. States with contested AI laws would also reportedly be threatened with the loss of federal broadband funding.<\/p>\n Now, Reuters reports that the executive order has been put on hold<\/a>. If signed, the order would probably face significant opposition, including from Republicans who previously criticized<\/a> the proposed moratorium on state regulation.<\/p>\n AI regulation has also been a controversial topic in Silicon Valley, with some industry figures \u2014 especially those in the Trump administration \u2014 attacking companies like Anthropic<\/a> for supporting AI safety bills including California\u2019s SB 53<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n