Scoop: White House leans on GOP states over AI rules

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Source: msn/Axios

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The Trump administration is pushing back on Republican-led AI bills in Nebraska and Tennessee, with sources familiar with the negotiations describing the outreach as pressure to weaken or abandon the efforts.

Why it matters: This behind-the-scenes push puts new pressure on GOP state lawmakers who support AI guardrails but don't want to cross the White House in a tough position.

It's happening as federal safeguards remain stalled in Congress, despite growing public support for regulation.

Behind the scenes: White House officials spoke to lawmakers in each state to push for changes, and some sources cast the outreach as an inappropriate pressure tactic.

"It's important that we let the public know that we have unelected bureaucrats weighing in on issues they shouldn't be," one Republican state legislator told Axios.

This comes after the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs sent a letter to Utah officials opposing a Republican-led AI transparency and kids' safety bill there, as Axios previously reported.

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"It's important that we let the public know that we have unelected bureaucrats weighing in on issues they shouldn't be," one Republican state legislator told Axios.

This comes after the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs sent a letter to Utah officials opposing a Republican-led AI transparency and kids' safety bill there, as Axios previously reported.

They are calling GOP staffers in that White House office (where I doubt any Democrats work right now), "unelected bureaucrats".