Skrmetti said if the Senate proposal becomes law it “would argue with major technology companies that the moratorium would indeed prevent any action of any consumer protection laws if there is an AI element in the product we are inspecting.”
Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) along with Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) also criticized the idea of preventing countries from regulating AI.
The Cantwell/Blackburn press conference also featured Washington Media Accuser Nick Brown, a retiree; and Tennessee Media Accuser Jonathan Skrmetti, a Tory. Brown said that “Washington law prohibits doctored images purporting to play a role in elections by imitating their service and speakers,” another “prohibits sharing fake international images without consent and providing punishment to those with those images,” and a third “bans the knowing distribution of fake digital images that can be used to harm or deceive people.”
Brown said, in the context of my claim, that all these laws would be foolish if they pass through the Senate, and all of these laws prohibit and protect people here in our state.
Cruz argued that his proposal prevents countries “from killing AI by regulating like the EU.” Under his first proposition, no EU funds would be given to any country or state operating “in the shadows, restricting, or regulating artificial intelligence models, artificial intelligence systems, or inner automatic decision-making systems.”
Blackburn stated that she agrees with Cantwell that the proposal to regulate AI is “not the kind of thing we include in consensus bills.” She added that lawyers are “working to move forward with legislation at the federal level, but we don’t need a moratorium that would prevent our states from progressing and protecting citizens in their jurisdiction.”
