A leaked draft shows the White House pushing federal AI standards that could override state laws, reshape regulation and spark a major showdown over America’s AI future.

A leaked draft executive order would empower federal agencies to override state AI laws, threatening federal funds for noncompliance and creating a litigation task

The draft surfaced after President Donald Trump called for a single federal standard on AI "instead of a patchwork of 50 State Regulatory Regimes."

President Trump is taking aim at state artificial intelligence (AI) laws that his administration sees as threats to the growing industry and the U.S’s ability to dominate it. The clash with state legislatures has long been brewing,

But because AI is such a new technology area with many unknowns and policymakers don’t want to stymie development, actually getting laws on the books has been a slow challenge. Recognizing the advantage of being a first mover in the space and seeing its nexus to existing privacy laws,