By Mike Swift ( June 17, 2026, 17:16 GMT | Insight) -- The specifics of a “Trump America AI Act” could emerge as soon as next week, and would allow for states to continue to regulate artificial intelligence in many areas, US Senator Marsha Blackburn said Wednesday. However, Blackburn said the states under the "light touch" regulatory proposal will not be able to regulate children's online safety, intellectual property protection for content creators, protecting communities from high electric rates and job loss, and looking at censorship and bias in the training of AI system. Whether states will be willing to accept that more limited role remains to be seen.The specifics of a “Trump America AI Act” that could emerge as soon as next week will include a limited preemption of state laws and will hand lead enforcement authority to the US Federal Trade Commission, US Senator Marsha Blackburn said Wednesday....
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