President Donald Trump is preparing to sign an executive order that would prevent states from regulating harmful uses of artificial intelligence, including the production of material exploiting children.

“We are beating ALL COUNTRIES at this point in the race, but that won’t last long if we are going to have 50 States, many of them bad actors, involved in RULES and the APPROVAL PROCESS,” Trump wrote on Truth Social Monday.

His administration has circulated a draft executive order that would push the Department of Justice to sue states with AI laws and direct the federal government to withhold a state’s grants for broadband if it’s regulating AI.

If Trump’s order survives expected legal challenges, it would affect legislation currently in place in 48 states. To varying degrees, these law

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