President Donald Trump’s administration has drafted an executive order that would protect donors from state laws that seek to protect residents from “algorithmic discrimination” and “catastrophic risks” posed by advanced artificial intelligence models.
Amidst the headlines about AI driving society, financial bubble, personnel reduction, rising energy prices, suicide personand increased laziness – and concerns are growing about how AI data centers will impact local communities – President Trump plans a gift to the industry.
Draft presidential order obtained by Zeteo It criticizes a new California law aimed at protecting people from the “catastrophic risks” posed by AI developers, the potential for irresponsibly designed AI products to cause mass deaths and economic harm. The draft order, which has not yet been finalized, characterizes California’s law as “complex and burdensome” and “purely speculative.” It also argues that Colorado’s law banning algorithmic discrimination “could even force AI models to incorporate DEI into their programming.”
President Trump’s major donors include tech giants Google and Meta. reportedly lobbied His administration is trying to block state AI laws. Those companies and other President Trump donorCompanies including Amazon and Microsoft have disclosed lobbying efforts on some or all of the state AI laws that President Trump is now preparing to target.
