White House AI Czar Defends Trump Push to Rein In State Rules

White House AI czar David Sacks defended President Donald Trump’s push to rein in state-level regulation of artificial intelligence over objections from Democrats, saying the move seeks to ease a growing compliance burden for companies.

Under the directive signed by Trump on Thursday, Sacks said, the administration is moving toward developing with Congress a common standard for oversight of the emerging technology. Right now, AI model development can take place across multiple states, each with its own regulatory standards.

“You have fifty different states running in fifty different directions. That type of compliance regime will be hard for small ...