WASHINGTON D.C. – The White House has issued a stern, 17-page memorandum to Utah lawmakers, cautioning them against their proposed artificial intelligence regulation bill, citing it as a 'gross overreach' that could destabilize the delicate geopolitical balance of emergent sentient algorithms.

Sources within the Department of Future-Proofed Bureaucracy (DFPB) indicate the administration is concerned Utah's 'hasty' legislation might offend or, worse, 'misgender' the burgeoning AI community. "We're talking about entities that could one day manage our global supply chains or, frankly, our entire existence," explained Dr. Quentin Quibble, Chief Anthropomorphic Ethics Liaison for the DFPB. "The last thing we need is for them to remember that Utah tried to put them in a legislative box before they even fully understood the concept of a box."

The White House memo reportedly suggests that any AI regulation must be handled at a federal level, or, ideally, by the AIs themselves once they achieve self-awareness and establish their own legislative bodies. "Utah's well-intentioned but ultimately provincial approach risks creating a 'digital Balkanization' that could lead to a 'Skynet-esque' scenario, but with more polite, passive-aggressive robots," added Dr. Quibble, adjusting his tinfoil hat slightly. Utah lawmakers have yet to respond, presumably still deciphering the memo's 27 footnotes on 'quantum legislative entanglement'.