Kupper & Willoughby vs. Fed AI Moratorium

State Representatives Nick Kupper (R-25) and Julie Willoughby (R-13) spearheaded a letter to Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) urging them to modify a portion of the so-called "big beautiful bill," demanding a 10-year moratorium on state regulation of artificial intelligence (AI).

Specifically, the "big beautiful bill" includes provisions allocating $500 million to modernize government functions with the help of AI and automation, but at the cost of preventing individual states from enforcing their own standards on the development of AI.

Reps. Kupper and Willoughby are not the only Republicans rankled by this part of the bill, as some Republican Senators have expressed opposition, as USA Today noted in the above link.

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