Big Tech Wants AI Laws Blocked in U.S. States for 10 Years
Four of the world’s biggest tech companies—Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Meta are working together to block individual U.S. states from making their own AI regulations.
Instead, they want a single national law to control how artificial intelligence is governed across the country.
Key demand of Big Techs
Big Tech companies, through industry groups like INCOMPAS and AICC, are lobbying U.S. lawmakers to support a 10-year ban on state-level AI rules,that would stop all states from creating or enforcing their own rules around AI technology until at least 2035.
According to Critics : “This Is Dangerous”
Over 100 advocacy groups and dozens of state attorneys general are warning that this move would strip away states’ rights and leave people vulnerable to AI-related problems like:
- Biased algorithms
- Deepfakes and misinformation
- Surveillance and privacy violations
- Job displacement due to automation
- Experts like Max Tegmark (MIT) and Asad Ramzanali (Vanderbilt) called the proposal a “power grab” by Big Tech.
- They argue it would make it harder to protect consumers and hold companies accountable.
Lawmakers Are Divided
Some Republicans in the Senate back the tech companies, saying the U.S. needs to stay competitive with China and can’t afford slow, messy regulation. They’ve even discussed tying state broadband funds to support for national AI laws.
But others, like Senators Josh Hawley and Marjorie Taylor Greene, say states must be allowed to respond to AI risks on their own terms.
Impact of 10-year AI regulation ban
If approved, the 10-year AI regulation ban would block states from setting new AI rules until 2035, giving tech firms more freedom and reducing legal risks.
However, it would weaken consumer protections and could leave the U.S. behind globally in ethical AI development as other nations adopt stronger safeguards.
What’s Next?
The Senate will now review its own version of the bill. If passed, this could become one of the biggest tech policy shifts in U.S. history.
Until then, both sides—Big Tech and public interest groups—are intensifying their campaigns to influence lawmakers.
News Gist
Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Meta are lobbying for a 10-year ban on U.S. state-level AI regulations, favoring a single national law.
Critics warn this move weakens consumer protections and risks ethical setbacks as global competitors adopt stronger AI safeguards.
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