Advocacy group warns proposed Great American AI Act would override state-level AI safeguards
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This article is an advocacy piece warning that the proposed "Great American AI Act" would override state-level AI regulations, stripping away safeguards that states have enacted to protect kids, workers, and families from AI risks. It calls on Congress and Rep. Lori Trahan to reject this legislation, framing it as Big Tech overreach that threatens hard-won state protections.
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· 3 pulledIn the face of zero to no federal oversight or regulation of artificial intelligence, dozens of states across the country have enacted people-first safeguards that protect kids, workers, and families from AI risks.
But all of those laws are at risk of being stripped away if Big Tech gets their way.
States are our first line of defense against the harms of AI and Big Tech is working to take them down.
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