US Senate strikes AI regulation ban from Budget Reconciliation Bill

It is reported that the US Senate voted overwhelmingly (99-1) to remove a 10-year federal moratorium on state regulation of AI from the Budget Reconciliation Bill (aka Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill”). Senator Marsha Blackburn (R.-Tenn) initially proposed an amendment that would reduce the moratorium to 5 years and allow states to regulate issues like protecting artists’ voices or child online safety if they do not impose an “undue or disproportionate burden” on AI. However, senator Blackburn withdrew her support for the amendment before the vote.

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