States Take the Lead in Regulating American AI Development

Poll finds bipartisan agreement on a key issue: regulating AI

In the run-up to the vote in the U.S. Senate on President Donald Trump’s spending and tax bill, Republicans scrambled to revise the bill to win support of wavering GOP senators. A provision included in the original bill was a 10-year moratorium on any state law that sought to regulate artificial intelligence. The provision denied access to $500 million in federal funding for broadband internet and AI infrastructure projects for any state that pa…

States Take the Lead in Regulating American AI Development

Before President Trump signed his “One Big Beautiful Bill” into law on July 4, the Senate unexpectedly removed a 10-year prohibition on states enacting or enforcing their own AI laws.  Cutting the AI regulation moratorium from the bill opened the floodgates for states to set their own rules, a movement that has picked up speed across the country. The volume of laws and potential laws, however, makes it difficult for enterprises to keep up, prese…

Poll finds bipartisan agreement on a key issue: Regulating AI

Are concerns about AI a bridge across the polarization divide? ZargonDesign/iStock via Getty ImagesIn the run-up to the vote in the U.S. Senate on President Donald Trump’s spending and tax bill, Republicans scrambled to revise the bill to win support of wavering GOP senators. A provision included in the original bill was a 10-year moratorium on any state law that sought to regulate artificial intelligence. The provision denied access to US$500 m…

Poll shows bipartisan support for AI regulation

Many federal and state officials from both parties, including state attorneys general, state legislators and 17 Republican governors, including Idaho Gov. Brad Little, publicly opposed the measure. The post Poll finds bipartisan agreement on a key issue: Regulating AI first appeared on Idaho Business Review.

Poll finds bipartisan agreement on a key issue: Regulating AI

by Adam Eichen, UMass Amherst; Alexander Theodoridis, UMass Amherst; Sara M. Kirshbaum, UMass Amherst, and Tatishe Nteta, UMass Amherst, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In the run-up to the vote in the U.S. Senate on President Donald Trump’s spending and tax bill, Republicans scrambled to revise the bill to win support of wavering GOP senators. A provision included in the original bill was a 10-year…

Poll finds bipartisan agreement on a key issue: Regulating AI - Tech and Science Post

In the run-up to the vote in the U.S. Senate on President Donald Trump’s spending and tax bill, Republicans scrambled to revise the bill to win support of wavering GOP senators. A provision included in the original bill was a 10-year moratorium on any state law that sought to regulate artificial intelligence. The provision denied access to US$500 million in federal funding for broadband internet and AI infrastructure projects for any state that …