Trump AI Plan Ditches Worker Protections, Keeps Training Focus

Labor and employment attorney Timothy Taylor was quoted in a Bloomberg Law article analyzing President Donald Trump's newly released AI Action Plan, which aims to promote U.S. dominance in artificial intelligence (AI) by cutting regulatory barriers and prioritizing worker retraining and AI integration into apprenticeship programs. The initiative calls for revising or removing agency regulations that may impede AI innovation, seeks to shift focus away from diversity and inclusion considerations and advocates for a market-driven approach. The plan has drawn both praise for its attempts to increase flexibility and bolster innovation as well as criticism for creating a "wild west" regulatory environment. Mr. Taylor noted that though the rapidly evolving nature of AI technology makes it difficult to regulate effectively, existing anti-discrimination laws such as Title VII can be adapted to address new challenges as they emerge.

"Ultimately the rules that are in place under Title VII and other anti-discrimination laws can be applied and adapted appropriately toward AI," he said. "I think hard and fast regulation may prove challenging because the technology is moving so quickly that anything that you put through the entire notice-and-comment process risks being outdated very quickly."

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