Framework lets Big Tech off the hook as harms grow unchecked
In a new op-ed out today in Tech Policy Press, Americans for Responsible Innovation President Brad Carson directly refutes the Trump Administration’s claim that its National Policy Framework for AI protects children, creators, and communities, detailing how the framework leaves these groups exposed to AI harms while freezing the work of state legislators.
In the piece, Carson examines the administration’s December pledge that any effort to preempt state AI laws would “ensure that children are protected, censorship is prevented, copyrights are respected, and communities are safeguarded.” With the release of the administration’s framework in March, Carson argues that the policy fails to live up to that promise across the board.
“At a moment when the risks of AI are becoming clearer by the day, from harms to children to displacement of creators to rising costs for communities, the Trump administration’s framework falls far short of a serious effort to protect Americans. It is an abdication of responsibility, giving Big Tech a free pass to continue causing harm with no accountability,” Carson says in the piece.
Read: How the AI Framework Breaks Trump’s Promise to Kids, Artists and Communities
The policy framework follows multiple attempts to pass a ban on state AI laws, beginning with the Big Beautiful Bill, and later in the National Defense Authorization Act. The administration has also moved to block new state-level AI laws aimed at protecting children online, including in Utah and Florida, prompting backlash from Republican lawmakers.
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