Digital Risk Report, December 2025
Artificial intelligence (AI) continues to move at a pace that few regulatory frameworks can match. This week alone underscored just how deeply AI is permeating every corner of the business world—from financial services, health care, and data centers to marketing technologies, web analytics, and core infrastructure. On December 11, President Trump issued a sweeping Executive Order aimed at curbing the growing patchwork of state AI laws and signaling a strong federal push toward uniformity, global competitiveness, and innovation-first AI policy. The Order sets the stage for significant legal, political, and constitutional debate, particularly around state enforcement authority, algorithmic accountability, and the future of consumer protections. At the same time, states and regulators are not standing still. Florida's proposed AI consumer protections, California's continued expansion of privacy enforcement under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), and aggressive litig...