Obernolte says state AI moratorium would spur action on bipartisan federal legislation

Rep. Jay Obernolte (R-CA) defended a Republican effort to preempt enforcement of state-level AI laws for a decade by sharing an aspirational timeline to establish a federal framework governing the technology and asserting that the proposed moratorium is meant to raise the stakes and encourage bipartisan congressional collaboration.

“I know there’s been pushback on the 10 years, that it's too long, that it's draconian,” he said. “No one wants this to be 10 years … I would love to see...