36 Bipartisan State AGs Oppose AI Moratorium in Defense Package
Congress shouldn’t block states from enforcing AI regulations, a bipartisan group of 36 state attorneys general wrote in a letter to congressional leaders Tuesday.
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States signing included New York, Utah, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi and Vermont. They wrote to Republican and Democratic leaders in both chambers asking them to reject plans to include an AI moratorium in the defense funding package.
“AI will cause tidal waves in our public safety, national security, economy, and health, and the United States needs to be ready to be an international leader,” they wrote. “This moratorium would put us behind by tying states’ hands and failing to keep up with the technology, and so we ask Congress not to inject an AI moratorium in upcoming appropriations legislation.”
The letter cites harms related to deepfakes, AI chatbots and mental health, noting that several states “have already pioneered multiple laws that target specific harms associated with the use of AI.” The California Privacy Protection Agency sent a separate opposition letter to Congress on Friday (see 2511240053).