White House AI blueprint
The White House published a six‑point AI policy framework for Congress aimed at centralizing federal rules and pushing back on state-level proposals — a move already creating friction with some GOP lawmakers. The announcement lands as regulators and private bodies diverge: the EU is moving to ban AI that creates nonconsensual sexual images, UL Solutions has issued a new voluntary AI‑safety standard, and local experiments — like Alaska’s use of Google’s Gemini to draft assembly regs — underscore how fragmented rules and pilots are becoming. ( ) ( ) (juneauindependent.com)
The White House published its four‑page national AI legislative framework on March 20, 2026, enumerating six key objectives and posting the full text on the White House website. (whitehouse.gov) The framework asks Congress to codify the administration’s “ratepayer protection” pledge — requiring tech firms to supply or pay for electricity used by their data centers — and to avoid creating any new federal AI agencies, while urging age‑gating and parental account controls for models accessible to minors. (politico.com) (whitehouse.gov) Tension within the GOP has already surfaced: more than 50 Republican state legislators urged the White House in early March to let states pass their own AI laws, even as House GOP efforts last year advanced a 10‑year federal moratorium on state AI rules that passed the House narrowly on May 22, 2025. (thehill.com) (goodwinlaw.com) Industry bodies are moving in parallel: UL Solutions published an Outline of Investigation called UL‑3115 and said it issued the program’s first certifications on March 12, 2026 to Qcells and Omniconn under its new AI safety testing service. (ul.com) (markets.ft.com) Across the Atlantic, EU lawmakers’ committees on March 18, 2026 backed proposals to ban AI tools that generate non‑consensual sexualized images — a push accelerated after member states signaled support on March 13 following public outcry over content created by X's Grok. (reuters.com) (france24.com) Local pilots are multiplying the regulatory patchwork: two Haines Borough assembly members reported using Google’s Gemini to draft municipal regulations this month and told local outlets the drafts contained errors but showed promise, while the Department of Transportation has been reported to plan Gemini‑assisted rule drafting at the federal level. (chilkatvalleynews.com) (propublica.org)
