Moratorium on state AI regulation reemerges as defense policy bill moves to end game

Backers of imposing a moratorium on state regulation of artificial intelligence are eyeing the annual national defense policy bill -- now the subject endgame negotiations between the House and Senate -- as a vehicle, sending opponents scrambling to the barricades to block such a proposal for the second time this year.

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) has been leading an effort to add the AI moratorium to the fiscal 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, Punchbowl News reported, but...