Executive actions can direct the U.S. Department of Justice to form litigation task forces to challenge state laws regulating artificial intelligence.
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Litigation task forces are a tool the executive branch can use to centralize enforcement of federal technology policy and contest state-level regulation.
Federal executive authorities can instruct the U.S. Department of Commerce to review state artificial intelligence laws and to condition federal broadband and infrastructure funding on state compliance with federal AI policy.
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Conditioning federal funds is a recurrent federal mechanism to influence state regulatory alignment with national policy objectives.
Federal agencies such as the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission can be tasked to issue nationwide rules for artificial intelligence transparency that would preempt enforcement of stricter state-level transparency rules.
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Nationwide agency rules can serve as a federal baseline and can limit states from enforcing differing or more stringent standards in regulated domains like AI transparency.