Federal inaction could result in states taking action in areas such as AI governance, data center development, energy infrastructure, and environmental regulation, the analysts wrote.

AI vendors should “be prepared for increased requests for disclosure of testing, safety controls, privacy practices, data provenance, bias management methods, human oversight, and procurement justifications,” Gartner analysts wrote.

Non-US CIOs should not pursue a “wait-and-see” approach, the analysts noted. “Instead, they must proactively conduct scenario analysis as geopolitical friction becomes part of regular business operation,” the analysts wrote.