Artificial Intelligence and the Incoming Trump Administration: What Employers Need to Know
The incoming administration will likely take a more light-handed approach to AI regulation than the current administration. Many of the Biden administration’s AI executive actions and agency actions will be rolled back. AI legislation will continue to proliferate at the state level. Employers should prioritize transparency measures and self-regulatory efforts as attainable goals to managing inherent risk of bias in in AI tools. Because the United States has so far adopted a light-handed and decentralized approach to regulating artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace, the reelection of President Donald Trump is unlikely to have as dramatic an impact on AI regulations as it may on other labor and employment matters. Nevertheless, the second Trump administration will have significant influence on issues related to AI from January 2025 to January 2029, a critical time for the rapidly evolving AI regulatory environment. Overall, the incoming administration is likely to take a mo...