Report claims Trump administration planning to use AI to write federal transportation regulations

The Trump administration is reportedly planning to use artificial intelligence (AI) to draft some federal rules. A report citing records from the US Department of Transportation (DOT) and interviews with six agency staffers claimed that DOT may use AI to draft some federal transportation regulations. This marks what officials describe as a broad federal initiative to accelerate rulemaking through AI.

According to a report by ProPublica, the plan was presented to DOT staff in January during a demonstration of AI’s “potential to revolutionise the way we draft rulemakings”, agency attorney Daniel Cohen wrote to colleagues.