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White House pushes preemption in AI rules
The White House wants Congress to preempt state AI rules. The administration released its long-awaited AI legislative recommendations on Friday, and a core demand stands out: Congress should bar states from regulating AI, effectively setting a national standard through federal law. The move highligh
AI Superintelligence: Global Call for Prohibition
A global push calls for banning superintelligence until safety is guaranteed. The Future of Life Institute launched a sweeping initiative that unites a remarkably diverse coalition of voices — world-renowned AI scientists, faith leaders, policymakers, artists and other public figures — to demand a p
Federal AI Policy Framework Pushes Congress to Act
The White House just handed Congress a blueprint to regulate AI nationwide. The National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence, released on March 20, asks Congress to enact federal legislation that would establish a uniform national policy for AI across the United States. The document explici
What we’re watching next in other
AI rules just landed in the Federal Register, signaling a regulatory rush. A new wave of AI governance is moving from think-tank chatter into official notice, visible across the Federal Register’s AI entries. The signal, policy documents show, isn’t a single blanket rule but a constellation of propo
White House Unveils National AI Policy Framework
The White House just rolled out a federal AI playbook. The National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence, released on March 20, lays out a broad set of legislative actions the administration wants Congress to take to govern AI in the United States. Policy documents show the framework’s centr
Print Blocking: Gatekeeping 3D Printing
Three states want 3D printers that only run vendor software. Policy documents show they’d also require each print to be checked for forbidden shapes. The proposal, first highlighted by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, would tilt 3D printing from a broadly open, community-driven technology toward
Print Blockers on 3D Printers Headed to Statehouses
Print blockers on 3D printers head to statehouses—and they’ll fail. Legislators across the United States are weighing laws to force “print blockers” on 3D printers sold in their states, a move the Electronic Frontier Foundation argues is both anti-consumer and likely to backfire. In Permission to Pr