US Senators voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to remove a polemic 10-year ban About the capabilities of states to regulate AI of the “Big Beautiful Bill” of the Trump administration, reports Axios.
The provision to the reconciliation law was introduced by Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX). Many prominent executives of Silicon Valley-inclusively by Sam Altman of Openai, Anduril’s Palmer Luckey, and Marc Andreessen of A16Z-were in favor of the so-called “AI moratorium”, which they said they would prevent states from forming an unjustifiable patch of regulation, which could cause AI innovation.
Opposition to the disposition has become a bipartisan issue, as most Democrats and many Republicans have warned that the ban on state regulation will damage consumers, and will leave powerful AI companies to operate with little overview. Critics have also challenged Cruz’s plan to tie compliance with a federal broadband funding.
After going and forward the supply, Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) on Monday offered an amendment to strip the supply along with Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA).
Blackburn originally opposed the supply, but agreed with Cruz over the weekend, which shortened the proposed ban from ten years to five. Blackburn then drew her support for the supply completely Monday.
The Senate voted 99-1 to strip the AI moratorium.
