Comment on Executive Order, “Ensuring A National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence” from James P. Steyer, Founder and CEO of Common Sense Media

"This executive order is an outrageous betrayal of the states that, as Congress has stalled, have worked tirelessly to protect their residents from the very real risks of AI. AI is a rapidly evolving technology, and families need every cop on the beat. With this order, the White House has attempted to hobble and silence our champions in the states just to curry favor with industry.

"States have always served as laboratories of democracy, and many of our strongest federal consumer protections, including smoking bans and seatbelt requirements, began as state laws. AI should be no different.

"Stripping states of their constitutional rights to protect their residents from unsafe AI — while holding critical broadband funding hostage, no less — erases the progress they are making and puts lives in danger.

"The AI industry's relentless race for engagement already has a body count, and, in issuing this order, the administration has made clear it is content to let it grow. Americans deserve better than tech industry handouts at the expense of their well-being."

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