WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Consumer Federation of America released the following statement in response to President Trump’s AI Action Plan.

“America’s AI Action Plan unsurprisingly focuses on deregulation at all costs while disadvantaging consumers,” Ben Winters, CFA Director of AI and Privacy said. “Whether it’s promoting the use of federal land for dirty data centers, giving the FTC orders to question past cases, or attempting to revive some version of the soundly defeated AI moratorium by tying federal funds to not having ‘onerous regulation’ according to the FCC, this is an unwelcome distraction at a critical time for government to get consumer protection right with increasing AI use and abuse. It’s long past time to modernize and encourage enforcement of AI used to break the law, control the use of our lands for data centers benefitting Big Tech, and protect creators and individuals alike online. Unfortunately, this AI Action plan is not that.”