Tom BurtonCo-Founder, COO and CTO of LeadSmart Technologies

One AI law to rule them all #ArtificialIntelligence

Name: One AI law to rule them all #ArtificialIntelligence
Uploaded: 2025-12-26T16:55:47+00:00
Duration: 1 min 26 s
Channel: Tom Burton
Description: Tom Burton (speaker) comments on a recent executive order intended to preempt state-level AI regulations by establishing a federal/national regulatory…

26 Dec 2025 · 1 min

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Tom Burton (speaker) comments on a recent executive order intended to preempt state-level AI regulations by establishing a federal/national regulatory framework. He states the order was signed about a week earlier, reports that the administration justifies it on interstate effects (e.g., traffic between states), notes legal pushback from some state actors and Republicans, and argues that state-level regulation is harmful to business because it makes commerce difficult. He expresses tentative agreement with the spirit of a single federal approach while admitting he hasn't examined all details.

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I have not dug into all the ins and outs of this, but certainly having state level regulation is not good for business. There was an executive order, I believe it was signed a week ago last night, which is basically again an executive order that is blocking states from coming up with their own AI regulations and has, is part of the edict or the, the plan for this is for the US to come up with a, a federal or national set of laws or regulations. Right. That can apply across the country. Now you talk about sort of a chaotic situation. There is a lot of, of course, people within the states and even a lot of, I think Republicans within certain states that are pounding their fists saying this isn't legal, that you're violating constitutional law. The administration is saying that this is because this could affect federal, you know, traffic and things that are occurring between states, that this is legitimate. I have not dug into all the ins and outs of this, but certainly having state level regulation is not good for business. It's makes it impossible to do business. So I think the spirit of what this is supposed to be, I agree with.