Senate strips AI provision from megabill |
The Senate voted early Tuesday morning to strip a provision barring states from regulating artificial intelligence (AI) from Republicans’ megabill.
The amendment, sponsored by Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), was adopted 99-1, with only Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) voting against it.
The removal of the provision marks a sharp turn of events for the AI moratorium.
Blackburn announced Sunday she had reached a deal with Senate Commerce Chair Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on new language that would bar states from regulating AI for five years and featured exemptions for child online safety and publicity rights.
However, she pulled support for the updated provision late Monday and instead offered up the........