• HS124: Administration DDoS on AI Regulation Podcast:Download(99.8MB) |Embed Johna TillJohnson JohnBurke The recent U.S. • Executive Order 14365, Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence, is the administration’s latest attempt to prevent the enforcement of most of the AI laws passed in individual US states. • Because it is only an executive order (EO), it cannot directly nullify, supersede, forestall, or put a pause on state-level laws. • Instead, it applies pressure on states that have passed AI laws via legal challenges and threats to various funding streams. • It seeks to intimidate states into not passing new laws and not enforcing existing ones. • John and Johna dig in on how enterprises should think their way through the new AI regulatory environment this executive order creates, weighing the costs of compliance and the risks of non compliance with states’ laws - especially given that AI is, in the end, just software and no other enterprise software comes with any kind of guarantee or warranty.
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- The U.S. Executive Order 14365, titled “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence,” seeks to curb the enforcement of most state‑level AI laws. As an executive order, it cannot directly override state statutes, but it pressures states through legal challenges and potential cuts to funding streams, aiming to deter new legislation and weaken existing rules. Analysts John and Johna advise businesses to assess compliance costs and risks under this shifting landscape, noting that AI remains software without inherent guarantees. The piece also includes a brief sponsorship note from Meter, a networking‑solutions provider.
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