{"id":31157,"date":"2025-06-18T04:02:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T04:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=31157"},"modified":"2025-06-18T04:02:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T04:02:13","slug":"big-tech-pushes-for-10-year-ban-on-us-states-regulating-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=31157","title":{"rendered":"Big Tech pushes for 10-year ban on US states regulating AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__content-sign-up-topic-description o3-type-body-base\">Your guide to what Trump\u2019s second term means for Washington, business and the world<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"article__content-sign-up-iframe close\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"signUpIframe\" data-prev-url=\"\/register\/in-article-sign-up?ft-content-uuid=52ae52f1-531e-462f-898f-e9f86b3b1869&amp;newsletter-id=65b8fec772badb00166eafc6\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>Big Tech companies are backing a lobbying campaign to pass a 10-year ban on US states regulating artificial intelligence models, in a controversial move that has split the AI industry and Donald Trump\u2019s Republican party.<\/p>\n<p>Lobbyists acting on behalf of Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Meta are urging the Senate to enact a decade-long moratorium on individual states introducing their own efforts to legislate AI, according to people familiar with the moves.<\/p>\n<p>The provision was passed as part of the US House of Representatives\u2019 version of President Donald Trump\u2019s \u201cone big, beautiful\u201d budget bill last month. The Senate hopes to unveil its version as soon as this week in the hope of passing the legislation by July 4.<\/p>\n<p>Chip Pickering, a former congressman and the chief executive of <a href=\"https:\/\/membership.incompas.org\/memberlist.asp?contentid=2109&amp;_gl=1*1t5xclq*_ga*OTExODU3MDk0LjE3NDk2NTMxODM.*_ga_8BHHKMZQGK*czE3NDk4MTU2MzEkbzQkZzAkdDE3NDk4MTU2MzEkajYwJGwwJGgw\" data-trackable=\"link\">INCOMPAS<\/a>, has advocated for the proposal on behalf of his tech trade association\u2019s members, which include leading companies like Microsoft, Amazon, Meta and Google, as well as smaller data, energy and infrastructure companies and law firms.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"n-content-image n-content-image--inline\" style=\"width:200px;max-width:100%\" data-component=\"image-set\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 700px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/__origami\/service\/image\/v2\/images\/raw\/ftcms%3Ad6a89ec8-32f2-4a25-85f6-5a6f03ff31bc?source=next-article&amp;fit=scale-down&amp;quality=highest&amp;width=200&amp;dpr=1 1x\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\"\/><\/picture><figcaption class=\"n-content-picture__caption o3-editorial-typography-caption\"><span>Chip Pickering, a former congressman and the chief executive of INCOMPAS<\/span><span> <!-- -->\u00a9 INCOMPAS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis is the right policy at the right time for American leadership,\u201d Pickering told the Financial Times. \u201cBut it\u2019s equally important in the race against China.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trade group INCOMPAS started the <a href=\"https:\/\/aicompetitioncenter.com\/advisory-council\/\" data-trackable=\"link\">AI Competition Center (AICC)<\/a> in 2024 to lobby legislators and regulators. At the start of the year, Amazon\u2019s cloud division and Meta <a href=\"https:\/\/punchbowl.news\/article\/tech\/aws-meta-join-artificial-intelligence-industry-group\/\" data-trackable=\"link\">joined<\/a> the AICC subgroup as debates over AI rules heated up and the EU introduced a series of measures to control the sector.<\/p>\n<p>Google parent Alphabet and Meta declined to comment. Microsoft and Amazon did not respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Critics say Big Tech\u2019s stance is about ensuring their dominance in the race to build artificial general intelligence, generally understood as models that surpass human abilities in most areas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cResponsible innovation shouldn\u2019t fear laws that ban irresponsible practices,\u201d said Asad Ramzanali,\u00a0director of AI and tech policy at the Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator at Vanderbilt University.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[It\u2019s] a power grab by tech bro-ligarchs attempting to concentrate yet more wealth and power,\u201d said Max Tegmark, an MIT professor and president of the Future of Life Institute, a non-profit that campaigns for AI regulation.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed moratorium has also divided the tech sector and Republican politicians, who have raised concerns about banning states from overseeing the powerful technology that has the potential to cause social and economic upheaval.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"n-content-image n-content-image--full\" data-component=\"image-set\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 700px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/__origami\/service\/image\/v2\/images\/raw\/ftcms%3A63e928e8-980b-4519-bb0f-9f4e736251f9?source=next-article&amp;fit=scale-down&amp;quality=highest&amp;width=700&amp;dpr=1 1x,https:\/\/www.ft.com\/__origami\/service\/image\/v2\/images\/raw\/ftcms%3A63e928e8-980b-4519-bb0f-9f4e736251f9?source=next-article&amp;fit=scale-down&amp;quality=highest&amp;width=700&amp;dpr=2 2x,https:\/\/www.ft.com\/__origami\/service\/image\/v2\/images\/raw\/ftcms%3A63e928e8-980b-4519-bb0f-9f4e736251f9?source=next-article&amp;fit=scale-down&amp;quality=highest&amp;width=700&amp;dpr=3 3x\" width=\"2161\" height=\"1440\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 490px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/__origami\/service\/image\/v2\/images\/raw\/ftcms%3Adc0c0d17-c006-4e64-b6a9-b10db5cbf80d?source=next-article&amp;fit=scale-down&amp;quality=highest&amp;width=490&amp;dpr=1 1x,https:\/\/www.ft.com\/__origami\/service\/image\/v2\/images\/raw\/ftcms%3Adc0c0d17-c006-4e64-b6a9-b10db5cbf80d?source=next-article&amp;fit=scale-down&amp;quality=highest&amp;width=490&amp;dpr=2 2x,https:\/\/www.ft.com\/__origami\/service\/image\/v2\/images\/raw\/ftcms%3Adc0c0d17-c006-4e64-b6a9-b10db5cbf80d?source=next-article&amp;fit=scale-down&amp;quality=highest&amp;width=490&amp;dpr=3 3x\" width=\"1526\" height=\"1526\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/__origami\/service\/image\/v2\/images\/raw\/https%3A%2F%2Fd1e00ek4ebabms.cloudfront.net%2Fproduction%2F63e928e8-980b-4519-bb0f-9f4e736251f9.jpg?source=next-article&amp;fit=scale-down&amp;quality=highest&amp;width=700&amp;dpr=1\" alt=\"Sam Altman, chief executive of OpenAI, during a Senate commerce, science, and transportation committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on May 8\" data-image-type=\"image\" width=\"2161\" height=\"1440\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><figcaption class=\"n-content-picture__caption o3-editorial-typography-caption\"><span>OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman said it would be \u2018disastrous\u2019 for the US to insist on technology companies meeting certain criteria<\/span><span> <!-- -->\u00a9 Demetrius Freeman\/The Washington Post via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Proponents argue the provision is necessary to prevent a raft of inconsistent regional rules that could stifle innovation and cause the US to lose ground to China.<\/p>\n<p>OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman said in a Senate hearing last month that it would be \u201cdisastrous\u201d for the US to insist on technology companies meeting certain criteria, such as on transparency and safety, before launch, as could soon be the case in the European Union under its new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/b4e10389-1a66-4c3e-922e-a4d74b616ec6\" data-trackable=\"link\">AI Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>AI safety campaigners like Anthropic co-founder Dario Amodei, have warned that relying on self-regulation could have disastrous societal consequences as Silicon Valley competes to release ever more powerful models.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans pushing for including the proposal are now trying to figure out whether it complies with the Senate\u2019s arcane rules, which mandate that every provision must have a budgetary impact for it to be included in a so-called \u201cbudget reconciliation\u201d bill. The party is using the tactic so they can pass the bill without Democratic votes.<\/p>\n<p>Ted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2025\/06\/05\/congress\/senate-commerce-megabill-frees-spectrum-ties-bead-to-ai-moratorium-00391136\" data-trackable=\"link\">Cruz<\/a>, the top Republican on the Senate commerce committee, has proposed a workaround: states that don\u2019t comply with the provision would be ineligible for billions in federal funding to expand broadband networks to underserved rural areas.<\/p>\n<p>However, there remains little political consensus on how to oversee the fast-moving field and no meaningful federal regulations on testing or data protection have been passed so far. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t want the number one country in the world for innovation to fall behind on AI,\u201d Republican senator Thom Tillis said in an interview. \u201cIf all of a sudden you\u2019ve got 50 different regulatory or legal frameworks, how can anybody in their right mind not understand that that\u2019s going to be an impediment?\u201d<\/p>\n<aside aria-labelledby=\"aside-label\" class=\"n-content-recommended--single-story n-content-recommended--inset\" data-component=\"recommended\">\n<p class=\"n-content-recommended__title o3-type-body-highlight\">Recommended<\/p>\n<div class=\"o-teaser o-teaser--article o-teaser--small o-teaser--stacked o-teaser--has-image o-teaser--opinion js-teaser\" data-id=\"aed82f47-b441-4bb3-930e-eca10585fc6d\">\n<div class=\"o-teaser__image-container js-teaser-image-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/aed82f47-b441-4bb3-930e-eca10585fc6d\" data-trackable=\"image-link\" data-trackable-context-story-link=\"image-link\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"o-teaser__image-placeholder\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2290\/1288\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"o-teaser__image\" 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href=\"https:\/\/www.notus.org\/technology\/senate-reconciliation-bill-ai-regulation-moratorium-hawley#:~:text=Technology-,Hawley%20Says%20He'll%20'Do%20Everything%20I%20Can%20to%20Kill,on%20new%20state%20AI%20regulations.&amp;text=The%20House%20reconciliation%20bill%20would,individual%20rights%2C%E2%80%9D%20Hawley%20said.\" data-trackable=\"link\">Hawley<\/a>, author of a book called <em>The Tyranny of Big Tech<\/em>, and Marsha <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techpolicy.press\/transcript-senate-holds-hearing-on-ai-deepfakes-and-the-no-fakes-act\/\" data-trackable=\"link\">Blackburn<\/a>, who supports a Tennessee law defending her state\u2019s music industry from unauthorised AI use, oppose the moratorium.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have no idea what AI will be capable of in the next 10 years and giving it free rein and tying states hands is potentially dangerous,\u201d House Republican <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepMTG\/status\/1929946902566494653\" data-trackable=\"link\">Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/a> 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