‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ could block AI regulations for 10 years, leaving its harms unchecked
State lawmakers have filed hundreds of bills to address artificial intelligence’s potential harms for child safety, learning, elections and more.
Those laws wouldn’t be possible for 10 years under the massive policy bill moving through Congress.
The Trump-backed tax and spending bill reached the Senate with a 450-word section prohibiting states from enforcing any law or regulation limiting or restricting AI for the next 10 years.
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