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More than 38 states have enacted AI laws, Colorado's high-stakes AI Act takes effect June 30, and Congress still has not passed a single comprehensive AI statute — leaving courts and state AGs to fill the vacuum.
Mobile World Congress 2026 marked a decisive shift: telecom operators are done extracting value from 5G and are pivoting to AI-native networks and 6G as their primary long-term investment thesis.
Thirty-eight states have enacted AI legislation in 2026, creating a compliance patchwork that is raising costs for national businesses and building its own case for federal preemption.
Nineteen state AI bills were signed into law in April 2026 alone — bringing the year's total to 25 — as state legislatures move faster than Congress and directly challenge the White House's preemption push.
The White House wants Congress to wipe out state AI laws deemed too burdensome—and Democrats have introduced legislation to do the opposite, setting up a defining fight over who governs AI in the United States.
The Trump administration wants Congress to override state AI laws that impose undue burdens — and refuses to create any new federal AI regulator to fill the gap.
With federal AI legislation stalled, state attorneys general are deploying existing consumer protection, employment, and privacy statutes against AI companies. Colorado and Texas laws are live. A constitutional showdown over federal preemption is forming.
The White House released its National AI Policy Framework recommending that Congress preempt state AI laws in favor of a single minimally restrictive federal standard.
The White House's National Policy Framework for AI recommends Congress preempt state AI laws — setting up a defining federal-vs-state battle as 600+ AI bills advance in state legislatures.
The Trump Administration's March 20 National Policy Framework for AI recommends Congress override state AI laws, explicitly targets laws like New York's RAISE Act, and rules out any new federal AI agency — setting up a major legislative battle.
The Trump administration's National Policy Framework for AI calls on Congress to preempt state AI laws that impose undue burdens, replace 600-plus state bills with a national standard, and rely on existing agencies rather than a new federal AI regulator.