Will an Artificial Intelligence Provision Sink Republicans’ Reconciliation Bill?

It’s unclear how much a provision that would limit states’ power to regulate AI will factor into senators’ vote on the final reconciliation package.

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A provision that would impose a 10-year ban on state-level artificial intelligence regulation overcame a crucial Senate procedural hurdle to stay in Republicans’ reconciliation package.

But it’s unclear how big of a risk the provision, which several Republican senators opposed because of the power it would strip from states, is to the broader reconciliation package.

“I’m not a big fan of it,” Sen. Josh Hawley, one of the loudest GOP voices against the provision, told NOTUS. “All senators speak for themselves, but there’s some other opposition to it.”