ST. PAUL, Minn. (GRAY) – This week, President Donald Trump announced plans in a post to his social media platform, Truth Social, to prevent states from regulating artificial intelligence, or AI.

In the post , the president argued that the U.S. is currently leading the AI “race,” and expressed concerns that having different regulations in different states could slow the nation’s progress.

“We are beating ALL COUNTRIES at this point in the race, but that won’t last long if we are going to have 50 States, many of them bad actors, involved in RULES and the APPROVAL PROCESS,” said Trump in his post.

Proponents of AI regulation in Minnesota, like State Senator Erin Maye Quade (DFL-Apple Valley), say the ability to regulate the industry is important.

Maye Quade spearheaded state efforts to

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