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US Senate votes to strike controversial AI regulation moratorium from |
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By Clare Duffy, CNN |
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10:36 AM EDT, Tue July 1, 2025 |
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Source: CNN |
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The US Senate has voted nearly unanimously to remove a 10-year |
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moratorium on the enforcement of state artificial intelligence |
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regulations from Republicans’ sweeping domestic policy bill. |
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The provision in the Senate bill would have effectively prevented |
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states from enforcing many proposed and existing AI-related laws — |
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including regulations around sexually explicit and political deepfakes |
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— for the next decade. Earlier this month, Senate Commerce Committee |
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Republicans had compliance with the moratorium to crucial federal funds |
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for deploying internet infrastructure. |
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While some tech leaders have advocated for a single federal law rather |
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than a patchwork of state regulations, the moratorium had among other |
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tech workers and leaders, academics, advocacy groups, and lawmakers. |
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Opponents of the provision worried that it could hamstring efforts to |
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hold tech companies accountable for potential harms to society, |
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especially in light of the fact that there is currently no |
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comprehensive federal legislation regulating AI. |
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On Monday night, the Senate voted 99-1 in favor of an amendment to |
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strike the provision from the bill. The amendment was co-sponsored by |
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Sens. Ed Markey, Maria Cantwell and Marsha Blackburn. |
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“This 99-1 vote sent a clear message that Congress will not sell out |
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our kids and local communities in order to pad the pockets of Big Tech |
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billionaires,” Markey said in a statement, adding, “I look forward |
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to working with my colleagues to develop responsible guardrails for |
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AI.” |
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The vote came during the on various amendments to the agenda bill. |
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Republicans have been aiming to have the bill on President Donald |
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Trump’s desk by July 4, but the legislation must still go back to the |
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House if it passes the Senate. |
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At least one House lawmaker, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, had warned |
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that she would vote “no” on the agenda bill if the Senate did not |
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remove the AI moratorium provision. |
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Opponents of the AI regulation moratorium cheered the Senate vote on |
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Tuesday. |
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“State legislatures all across the country have done critical |
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bipartisan work to protect the American people from some of the most |
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dangerous harms of AI technology,” Ilana Beller, democracy organizing |
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manager at the progressive consumer advocacy group Public Citizen said |
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in a statement. “The defeat of this moratorium will mean vital |
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protections remain in place for millions of Americans.” |
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