A bid to bar states from regulating AI is getting pushback

Congress begins considering first federal AI regulations • Kansas Reflector

A House committee met this week to discuss possible federal AI legislation, and debated a pending measure to preempt states from enacting their own regulations. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)In one of the first major steps in discussing widespread regulations for artificial intelligence legislation at the federal level, members of the House subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade met Wednesday to discuss the United States’ p…

A bid to bar states from regulating AI is getting pushback

Republicans’ push to ban state AI regulations for the next 10 years as part of the party’s massive tax and immigration bill is forging ahead after the House narrowly passed it this morning, but obstacles are mounting.

State Attorneys Say Proposed GOP AI Regulation Ban Is Risky For Consumers

A Republican proposal to bar states from regulating artificial intelligence (AI) for 10 years has drawn sharp criticism from a bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general.

A 10-Year Moratorium on Enforcing State AI Laws?

On Thursday, May 22, the United States House of Representatives narrowly advanced a budget bill that included the "Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology Modernization Initiative," which includes a 10-year moratorium on the enforcement of state AI laws. Tech Policy Press editor Justin Hendrix and associate editor Cristiano Lima-Strong discussed the moratorium, the contours of the debate around it, and its prospects in the Senate.