{"id":928825,"date":"2026-07-11T23:43:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T23:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/928825\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T23:43:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T23:43:24","slug":"trump-administration-targets-state-ai-laws-over-ideology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/928825\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump administration targets state AI laws over ideology"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Federal Trade Commission proposed policy statement criticizes a Colorado AI anti-discrimination effort.
By Robbie Sequeira<\/a><\/strong> for Stateline<\/a><\/p>\n

The Trump administration is continuing its pushback against state artificial intelligence laws that it views as ideologically biased, proposing a new Federal Trade Commission policy.<\/p>\n

The proposed policy statement, which is open for public comment through July 31, would affect how the FTC regulates AI companies. The agency said it\u2019s meant to address concerns that \u201cAI companies that distort their systems\u2019 outputs to achieve undisclosed ideological objectives\u201d could be deceiving consumers in violation of federal law.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe FTC wants to hear from businesses and consumers about their experiences and concerns regarding the subversion of AI systems for ideological ends,\u201d Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The proposal specifically mentions a first-of-its-kind Colorado law that had banned \u201calgorithmic discrimination,\u201d or AI output that might lead to decisions disfavoring people on jobs, loans or healthcare based on their race, religion, gender and other protected categories. But the Colorado legislature already has repealed that provision. The revamped law instead focuses on regulating technology that results in \u201cconsequential decisions\u201d for consumers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The controversial law prompted a lawsuit from xAI, Elon Musk\u2019s artificial intelligence company, which the U.S. Department of Justice supported.<\/p>\n

Related | Elon Musk\u2019s awful AI scores another win, courtesy of Donald Trump<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

In December 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order<\/a>\u00a0targeting state AI laws, including creation of a Department of Justice AI Litigation Task Force <\/a>to challenge state AI laws. His order also directed the FTC to issue a policy statement on regulation of state laws that \u201crequire alterations to the truthful outputs of AI models.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Stateline asked the FTC if there were any state and city laws that officials felt were currently in violation of federal laws, but received no response.<\/p>\n

Tyler Thompson, a Denver-based lawyer with firm Reed Smith who tracks emerging technology law, said the FTC proposal is important because it raises the possibility that companies could face deceptive-practices claims based on how they tune, weight or steer AI models, which could also prompt state policy on the issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust the fact that companies could be tweaking their models and that could lead to a deceptive trade practice, I think is huge news,\u201d Thompson said.<\/p>\n

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Thompson believes the legal battle and the FTC\u2019s focus on restricting similar laws will lead to \u201ca more niche\u201d policy focus on AI \u2013 such as deepfakes, nonconsensual sexual content, children\u2019s safety, companion chatbots and data centers \u2014 areas where there is bipartisan agreement.<\/p>\n

Noah M. Kenney, founder and principal consultant of Digital 520, an AI governance, security and privacy consultancy, who also responded to the FTC\u2019s request for public comment, said the proposed statement carries more political pressure rather than being an enforceable federal regulation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe real effect of this statement is signaling and pressure, not legal preemption, especially paired with the December executive order\u2019s AI litigation task force.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kenney said there is also an irony in the federal government\u2019s argument.<\/p>\n

\u201cA federal effort to dictate what counts as a \u2018neutral\u2019 or \u2018accurate\u2019 output raises its own First Amendment concerns about compelled speech,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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