THE FUTURE OF AI
Congress drawing the line on AI regulation While Trump pursues trade policies, lawmakers are pushing back against his broader regulatory agenda.
The Senate’ s 99-1 vote to remove a proposed 10-year AI regulation moratorium from the president’ s domestic’ Big Beautiful Bill’ is a rare moment of bipartisan opposition.
“ This 99-1 vote sent a clear message that Congress will not sell out our kids and local communities in order to pad the pockets of Big
Tech billionaires,” declares Ed Markey, the Massachusetts Senator who led the successful amendment.
The proposed moratorium would have frozen state-level AI legislation for a decade, affecting regulations around deepfake technology and political manipulation tools.
Its defeat preserves states’ abilities to regulate AI applications independently, maintaining a crucial check on federal power.
By removing the regulatory freeze, the Senate has moved to protect
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