Morning Edition · Thursday, July 16, 2026Published at 1:44 AM EDT · New York
OpenAI Pitches 'Reverse Federalism,' Arguing State AI Laws Should Build a National Framework
The proposal arrives as a fragmented set of state rules takes shape, and it would let the industry help draft the template states adopt.
OpenAI published a governance proposal it calls "reverse federalism," in which state laws serve as building blocks for a national framework for safe AI rather than a fragmented set of conflicting rules. The framing responds to a concrete pr…
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