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
- Signals5
Set last reviewed 16 October 2026
Next review 13 November 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 renames AI as 'Super Intelligence' in federal communications
Executive Order 14434 directs agencies to use the term Super Intelligence and asks the science office to propose a federal definition. Terminological rather than regulatory, but a definition could shape later rules.
ContextUS 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.