Trump’s AI executive order sparks state-federal questions over regulation authority (KOKH)
OKLAHOMA CITY- (KOKH) — President Trump signed an executive order Thursday on artificial intelligence, in an effort to establish a national framework for AI regulations.
“It leans towards a federal one rule environment, that’s their language,” said Hart Brown, the President of AI & Transformation at Saxum.
But there is a caveat.
“The federal level will then, at times, if they don’t necessarily like the language coming out of state legislatures, they will file a lawsuit, put that in federal court, and try to get that regulatory environment struck,:” he said.
State Rep. Daniel Pae isn’t in favor of the recently signed order.
“That would essentially pre-empt our ability to govern in this space and that i profoundly disagree with, i think states are the laboratories of democracy and we’ve made tremendous progress in this area,” he said.
Brown added if the federal government challenges state regulations it could make things murky for businesses in Oklahoma.
“What you have now for businesses is a start-stop environment. ‘Ok we have regulations, we don’t have regulations. Do I believe the regulations are going to be enforced or not enforced,"” he said.
Still, Hart believes if Oklahoma goes about it the right way, the sooner state could really position itself well in the future.
“Oklahoma has an unbelievable opportunity right now if we want to do this, to actually become a magnet for these industries by creating the right regulatory environment, knowing that every state is going to do something slightly different,” he said.
Rep. Pae said it’s still early on and lawmakers look forward to seeing how this executive order will be enforced.
