US Senate Overwhelmingly Rejects AI Regulation Moratorium, Empowering State Oversight
US Senate Overwhelmingly Rejects AI Regulation Moratorium, Empowering State Oversight The U.S. Senate has decisively voted to strip a controversial 10-year moratorium on state artificial intelligence regulations from a major Republican domestic policy bill. The provision, which sought to prevent states from enforcing existing and proposed AI laws—including those addressing deepfakes—for a decade, faced widespread opposition. The Senate’s near-unanimous 99-1 vote on Monday night delivers a significant victory for advocates of robust AI oversight. Critics had warned that the moratorium,…