Large technological companies could receive an unexpected victory in the signing of President Donald Trump “Big Beautiful Bill”, but they should not yet start to celebrate.
The Republicans of the House provided a provision in part of the legislation on taxation, immigration and defense, which prohibits states from regulating artificial intelligence for a decade.
“Except in the cases provided for in paragraph (2), no state or political subdivision may apply a law or regulation regulating artificial intelligence models, artificial intelligence systems or automated decision -making systems during the 10 -year period starting on the date of the promulgation of this law,” said the bill.
The text, first REMARK By 404 Media, would be a boon for large technological companies that prompted the White House to oppose the regulations of AI at the level of the state. Meta previously declared to the White House that these regulations “could hinder innovation and investment”.
Openai, Meta and Alphabet have all opposed the efforts led by the State to regulate the rapidly growing industry. Last year, California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed what would have been one of the country’s most distant AI laws after being massively adopted by state legislature. Openai was among the main technological companies to oppose this bill.
The Congress examined the Federal Policy of AI, but these efforts have not yet been to go nowhere.
The major CEOs of technology have made substantial efforts to cook the favor of the White House. Trump welcomed their openings and appointed David Sacks venture capital as an artificial intelligence and Czar Crypto.
Silicon Valley should not yet celebrate.
The Energy and Trade Committee of the Chamber debates the provision and the rest of its section of the sweeping proposal on Tuesday. Other top house committees will have to approve their own language before a final bill may be brought upstairs. The republicans of the Chamber are always divided on other questions, in particular to what extent to reduce Medicaid, a federal program which covers 72 million Americans mainly with low incomes or disabilities.
Even if the provision of the AI adopts the Chamber, it must still take a special parliamentary exam in the Senate. For Ram Trump of the expected democratic opposition, Republicans must use a special procedure known as reconciliation. The compromise is that all the provisions of the bill of reconciliation must be mainly tax.
It is unlikely, as Bloomberg News reported that the layout of the AI would respond to this high bar. If it does not succeed, the Republicans would be forced to withdraw it from the bill or to risk losing the special power which allows them to win a probable filibusier led by Democrat who would effectively kill the entire bill.