In plain terms
The Engine assumes the federal AI law (March 2026)’s federal preemption holds against constitutional challenge.
The Engine assumes the federal AI law (March 2026)’s federal preemption holds against constitutional challenge
The divergence risk: a bipartisan coalition of state governors (California, Texas, Florida all have independent reasons to resist federal AI preemption) could litigate under the 10th Amendment at the Supreme Court. If the preemption clause is struck down or narrowed, the centralized power structure’s timeline for domestic compute consolidation delays 3-5 years. This delay would extend the survival window for open-source fifth-generation information warfare models and reintroduce chaotic variables