The mirage of AI deregulation (opens in new tab)

One of the most interventionist approaches to technology governance in the United States in a generation has cloaked itself in the language of deregulation. In early December 2025, President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to announce a forthcoming “One Rule” executive order on artificial intelligence (AI). Trump warned that US leadership in AI would be “DESTROYED IN ITS INFANCY” by the meddling of “50 States, many of them bad actors, involved in RULES and the APPROVAL PROCESS.” But beneath...