United States (Federal)
Deregulatory, innovation-first executive action; no comprehensive federal statute
Regulatory posture
Federal policy pivoted sharply in 2025 toward accelerating AI dominance: EO 14179 revoked the 2023 safety-focused order, the AI Action Plan set a build-first agenda, and EO 14365 (Dec 2025) launched a preemption campaign against state AI laws. Congress has passed only narrow measures, leaving agencies and courts to define the guardrails.
Tracked
- In force5
- Signals4
Set last reviewed 13 August 2026
Next review 10 September 2026
Tracked instruments
- EO 14365 (Preemption)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…Governance & ProcurementStandards & Assurance
- US AI Action PlanA 90+ point federal strategy across three pillars — accelerating innovation, building AI infrastructure, and leading internationally — including export of US AI stacks, d…Governance & ProcurementFrontier AI SafetyStandards & Assurance
- TAKE IT DOWN ActRare bipartisan federal AI statute criminalizing publication of non-consensual intimate images, including AI-generated deepfakes, and requiring platforms to remove report…Biometrics & SurveillanceData & Privacy
- EO 14179Revoked the 2023 Biden AI executive order and reoriented federal AI policy toward removing regulatory barriers and securing US AI dominance, directing an AI Action Plan a…Frontier AI SafetyGovernance & Procurement
- NIST AI RMFThe voluntary US reference framework for AI risk management (Govern/Map/Measure/Manage), extended by a Generative AI Profile in 2024. Widely embedded in state laws (e.g.,…Standards & AssuranceFrontier AI Safety
Signals
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.
ContextWhite 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.
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.
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.