Silencing the States: How Congress Is Handing AI a Free Pass

What do California, New York, and Arkansas have in common? Not much—except for bipartisan outrage over a shocking new proposal in Congress.

Tucked into a Republican budget bill is a provision that would ban states from passing their own AI regulations for the next ten years. No federal standards are in place, and no protections are guaranteed. This is just a decade-long gag order, locking state governments out of the most critical technological reckoning of our time.

The justification? “We n…