WASHINGTON – BSA CEO Victoria Espinel issued the following statement following the release of the National AI Legislative Framework: 

"The Business Software Alliance welcomes President Trump’s leadership in releasing the White House National AI Legislative Framework. The Framework helps catalyze a needed conversation in Washington, grounded in the reality that building trust in AI and enabling its broad adoption requires clear, workable national rules for the United States. 

BSA in particular welcomes the Framework’s emphasis on several core areas of consensus, including combating fraud and abuse, developing an AI-ready workforce, ensuring that AI developers can fairly access training data, and — importantly — advancing AI adoption by addressing barriers to use and strengthening the testing and evaluation tools needed to build trust in AI systems. 

Enacting a national AI law will be the responsibility of Congress, and BSA has urged lawmakers to pursue a “Preemption with Precision” approach as the best path to achieve a durable, bipartisan national law that still allows for appropriate state-level flexibility. We appreciate President Trump’s work to set a strong foundation for action on national AI legislation, and we look forward to working with Republicans and Democrats in Congress as they consider the Administration’s proposal."