AI Policy Newsletter - November 25, 2025

• On November 24, The White House released a new AI Executive Order called, “Launching the Genesis Mission.” The purpose of this new EO is to better coordinate research done across federal agencies and more effectively integrate AI tools to achieve scientific breakthroughs. Under the order, the Department of Energy will build a platform with AI capabilities for scientists and engineers to use in their work and create a portfolio of scientific and engineering challenges for participating companies and researchers. The mission will also create partnerships between national laboratories, universities, and businesses, including Nvidia, Dell, HPE and AMD, to boost supercomputing resources.

  
  

• The White House paused the release of a different AI-related Executive Order called "Eliminating State Law Obstruction of National AI Policy” that had been slated for release last Friday, 11/21. The intention of this EO was to take aim at the patchwork of state-level AI laws and regulations that some believe could inhibit AI development. Per a draft, the EO would have declared that "the policy of the United States [is] to sustain and enhance America's global AI dominance through a minimally burdensome, uniform national policy framework for AI" and take measures to override existing state AI laws. Specifically, the draft EO directed the Attorney General to establish an "AI Litigation Task Force" to challenge state AI laws for unconstitutionally regulating interstate commerce and would condition Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) Program funding on whether existing state laws conflict with the EO, among other items.

  
  

• House leadership is considering pushing for language in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would impose a federal moratorium on state AI regulation, following a Truth Social post from President Trump arguing that overregulation by states is hurting American AI competitiveness. However, the proposal faces significant opposition, including from prominent members of both political parties. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Ed Markey (D-MA) sent a letter to Democratic colleagues calling the provision "a massive giveaway to Big Tech,” and a similar proposal was previously defeated 99-1 during this summer's reconciliation fight. A bipartisan group of state legislators also convened in Washington last week arguing that states are successfully collaborating through forums like the State AI Policy Forum.

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