At the Research and Technology Subcommittee Hearing on the “Advancing America’s AI Action Plan”, US OSTP Director Michael Kratsios defended President Trump’s executive order seeking to block state AI rules, arguing that a fragmented state-by-state regulatory regime favoured major tech companies: “If you have this tremendous patchwork of laws all across the country, the folks who actually are able to work within that system most successfully are the deep-pocketed large, Big Tech companies”. Director Kratsios did, however, agree with other congressional Republicans to commit to developing a “sensible” federal regulatory framework for AI that preempts certain types of state laws.
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