The draft order comes after Republicans in Congress failed to pass a federal ban on state AI regulation, as more lawmakers raise concerns about the technology.

An executive order reportedly planned for Friday calls for applying a legal concept known as the “dormant commerce clause” to AI — an idea that has been percolating in tech-industry memos and certain legal scholarship for more than a year. And now it appears to have jumped directly into the White House’s policy thinking.

President Donald Trump has drafted an executive order that would block states from enforcing regulations around artificial intelligence, renewing an AI deregulation push that’s raising concerns among tech safety advocates and state lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.

The Senate’s overwhelming rejection in July of a plan to ban states from passing regulations on artificial intelligence — the vote was 99-1 — is now set to be brazenly ignored. The White House is pushing for the measure to be revived and added to the National Defense Authorization Act.

A leaked draft shows the White House pushing federal AI standards that could override state laws, reshape regulation and spark a major showdown over America’s AI future.

The White House plans an executive order to block states from passing laws regulating AI, as we reported Wednesday. Instead of state laws, the order suggests there should be a federal law governing the information that AI companies have to disclose and how they handle potential bias in models.

Multiple reports indicate a draft executive order reignites the White House’s push for a national AI regulatory framework—and seeks to punish states who implement their own rules.

Key White House officials are pressing lawmakers on Capitol Hill to keep AI chip export restrictions to China out of the annual defense policy bill, four sources familiar with the matter told Axios. Why it matters: Nvidia would win big if the GAIN AI Act doesn't make it into the final version of the National Defense Authorization Act.