** Trump Gives Big Tech Friends an Early Christmas Gift With Order Against State AI Regulations
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US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aimed at preventing state-level regulation of the burgeoning artificial intelligence industry, a gift to tech corporations that bankrolled his inauguration and are currently funding his White House ballroom project.

Trump’s order instructs the US Justice Department to establish an AI Litigation Task Force with a single mandate: sue states that enact AI laws that the administration deems “onerous and excessive.” The order also threatens to withhold federal funding from states that implement AI regulations.
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