FCC Chair Praises Trump Order On National AI Standards

FCC Chair Brendan Carr is publicly praising President Donald Trump’s new executive order on artificial intelligence, describing it as a decisive move to create national AI standards and curb state-level regulations he views as excessive. Carr argues the order will bolster U.S. AI leadership, protect children, and guard against online censorship and ideologically driven interference in AI models.​

What the Trump AI order does

The executive order, titled “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence,” seeks to preempt or undercut many state AI laws and replace them with a single national framework. It directs federal agencies, including the FCC and FTC, to develop federal disclosure and reporting standards for AI models and to challenge state rules the administration sees as burdensome or ideologically biased.​

Carr’s specific praise

Carr says the order “promotes America’s leadership in AI and advances our nation’s economic and national security interests” by targeting “excessive state regulations” that he claims could hold the country back and inject ideological bias into AI systems. He also highlights that the order’s framework is intended to protect children, prevent online censorship, respect copyrights, and “safeguard communities,” while giving the FCC a central role in setting federal AI reporting and disclosure rules that would override conflicting state requirements.​

Why national standards matter

Supporters say a single federal AI rulebook will spare companies from navigating a patchwork of different state laws, lowering compliance costs and helping U.S. firms compete with rivals in countries that have more centralized regulation. Critics, including some state officials and advocacy groups, warn that aggressive federal preemption could weaken consumer protections and limit states’ ability to respond to local concerns about AI bias, privacy, and safety.​