White House unveils its first federal AI framework, pushes Congress to act 'this year'

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EXCLUSIVE: The White House on Friday unveiled its first federal policy framework for artificial intelligence — a legislative outline to establish a "consistent" national standard for AI development across the nation that prevents censorship and protects free speech and children, Fox News Digital has learned. Fox News Digital exclusively obtained the legislative framework that the White House will share with congressional leadership Friday as the White House pushes Congress to advance and codify its "commonsense" proposals into law "this year." "This year. As fast as we can," White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Michael Kratsios told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview Thursday evening. "Congress has a lot of priorities they’re trying to make happen, but we believe this can receive bipartisan support." TRUMP BRINGS BIG TECH EXECUTIVES TO WHITE HOUSE TO CURB POWER COSTS FOR AMERICAN HOUSEHOLDS AMID AI BOOM White House sources told Fox News Digital that the framework was designed to reduce regulatory uncertainty, sustain U.S. dominance in the AI space, prevent censorship and protect free speech. "We need one national policy — not a 50-state patchwork of laws," Kratsios told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview Thursday evening. "This legislative proposal delivers on that." "In December, President Trump signed an Executive Order tasking us with the development of a national framework for AI, what he called ‘One Rulebook,’" White House AI and crypto czar David Sacks told Fox News Digital. "This was in response to a growing patchwork of 50 different state regulatory regimes that threaten to stifle innovation and jeopardize America’s lead in the AI race." The White House is urging Congress to "preempt state AI laws that impose undue burdens to ensure a minimally burdensome national standard consistent with these recommendations, not fifty discordant ones," according to the official framework obtained by Fox News Digital. "This national…