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cbabe

(6,819 posts) Tue Jul 1, 2025, 11:52 AM Jul 2025

Senate Strikes AI Moratorium From Donald Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill"

https://deadline.com/2025/07/senate-strikes-ai-moratorium-1236446571/

Senate Strikes AI Moratorium From Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill”

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Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) has said that she opposed the AI moratorium, warning it would hobble its state’s efforts to protect the creative community and other steps aimed at children and families.

Blackburn and Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) offered the amendment to strip the AI provision from the bill.

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(There was some grumbling a few days ago about Cantwell not doing much. Maybe simply working quietly, getting things done.)

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Senate Strikes AI Moratorium From Donald Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" (Original Post) cbabe Jul 2025 OP

The provision is actually much closer to opposite of an "AI Moratorium" AZJonnie Jul 2025 #1

How insane is it that most Republicans wanted to ban regulating AI? Johnny2X2X Jul 2025 #2

AZJonnie

(4,035 posts)

1. The provision is actually much closer to opposite of an "AI Moratorium"

Reply to cbabe (Original post)

Tue Jul 1, 2025, 11:56 AM

Jul 2025

Leave it to the media to call it the wrong thing

Despite it not SOUNDING like a good thing to "strike the AI moratorium", it actually is though so there's that.

Johnny2X2X

(24,438 posts)

2. How insane is it that most Republicans wanted to ban regulating AI?

Reply to AZJonnie (Reply #1)

Tue Jul 1, 2025, 12:01 PM

Jul 2025

To what end exactly? Wait until AI has run so far amuck that the country is in shambles economically?

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