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    EO 14365 (Preemption)

    Sets up the defining US AI-governance battle of 2026: federal preemption vs state police powers. Companies face genuine uncertainty over whether Colorado- and Texas-style obligations survive; litigation outcomes will shape US AI law for a decade.

    What it is

    Directs the DOJ to create an AI Litigation Task Force to challenge state AI laws, conditions certain federal funding on states not enforcing 'onerous' AI rules, and tasks Commerce with cataloguing state laws that conflict with national policy — pushing toward a single federal framework.

    Who is affected

    Sets up the defining US AI-governance battle of 2026: federal preemption vs state police powers. Companies face genuine uncertainty over whether Colorado- and Texas-style obligations survive; litigation outcomes will shape US AI law for a decade.

    Key obligations

    • DOJ AI Litigation Task Force to challenge state AI statutes
    • Federal funding leverage against states enforcing targeted AI laws
    • Commerce evaluation of state laws for preemption candidates

    Recent signals

    • 11 December 2025

      US executive order targets state AI laws for preemption

      EO 14365 creates a DOJ AI Litigation Task Force and funding levers against state AI regulation, setting up the defining federalism fight of US AI governance.

    • 23 July 2025

      White House releases America's AI Action Plan

      90+ actions across innovation, infrastructure and international leadership — including procurement rules for 'ideologically neutral' AI and full-stack export packages.

    • 19 May 2025

      US enacts TAKE IT DOWN Act on deepfake intimate imagery

      Rare bipartisan federal AI statute criminalizes non-consensual intimate deepfakes and mandates 48-hour platform takedowns.

    • 23 January 2025

      US revokes 2023 AI executive order, pivots to AI dominance agenda

      EO 14179 removes the safety-focused federal framework and directs the AI Action Plan, resetting US AI policy.