The White House’s new national AI policy framework warns the U.S. Congress against setting up a new rule-making body. Instead, it proposes that existing agencies set less-binding standards for AI within industries they already oversee. The document also calls for federal lawmakers to pre-empt state regulation with a national guideline, to “prevent a fragmented patchwork” it claims would “hinder our national competitiveness.” (The Logic)

Talking point: The Trump administration’s approach to setting rules for AI is to not set many. On copyright, for example—a subject U.S. tech firms and creator groups are contesting fiercely both at home and abroad—the White House asserts that AI training doesn’t violate intellectual property protections. And it calls for Congress to legislate a system for AI developers to license copyrighted works, just as long as the law doesn’t say whether the permission is actually needed. Tech groups largely welcomed the new framework.