Bipartisan coalition of state legislators oppose AI ‘freeze’ in reconciliation package

A coalition of state legislators from across the country is urging Congress to scrap a provision in the massive House-passed reconciliation legislation that would impose a 10-year moratorium on implementation of state artificial intelligence laws and regulations, as the measure moves toward consideration in the Senate.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) on June 3 said the goal is to send the reconciliation bill implementing President Trump’s tax-and-spending agenda to the White House before the July Fourth recess. The bipartisan...