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Senate Removes Tax Bill Provision Limiting State AI Regulation

The Senate killed a controversial effort to prevent US states from regulating artificial intelligence, delivering a win for critics of the biggest tech companies after a compromise proposal collapsed.

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The US Senate has killed an AI regulation proposal

U.S. Senate debates whether to adopt revised state AI regulation ban

Two key U.S. senators agreed to a revised federal moratorium on state regulation of AI to five years.

US Senate Debates Whether to Adopt Revised State AI Regulation Ban

Senate debates revised state AI regulation ban

Two key U.S. Republican senators agreed to a revised federal moratorium on state regulation of artificial intelligence to five years and to allow states to adopt rules on child online safety and protecting artists’ images or likelinesses. Senate Commerce Committee chair Ted Cruz originally proposed securing compliance by blocking states that regulate AI from a $42 billion broadband infrastructure fund as part of a broad tax and budget bill. A re…

AI Provision Blocking Local Bans On Rent-Setting Algorithms Pulled From Big Beautiful Bill

Crackdowns on algorithmic rent-setting software are set to remain in place after the Senate struck down a provision in the proposed federal budget reconciliation bill that would have banned state and local regulations on artificial intelligence for the next decade.