House budget bill would put 10-year pause on state AI regulation

Proponents of the House plan argued that it is precisely because there is no national AI framework that a pause is necessary. Adam Thierer, a senior research fellow at the center-right think tank R Street Institute noted that over 1,000 AI-related bills are now pending in statehouses across the country. The time is right, he said, for Congress to step in.

“This represents a bold and much-needed move by Congress to protect the free flow of algorithmic commerce and speech,” Thierer said in an email. “A moratorium on new AI regulations will give this market time to grow and ensure American AI innovators can invest and compete against China and the rest of the world.  A patchwork of 50 different AI regulations would crush homegrown innovation. A national framework is desperately needed.”