Behind Silicon Valley and the GOP's campaign to ban state AI laws

Greetings all, Today, we dive deep into the GOP’s radical campaign to ban US states from passing any laws that govern AI. Even in a political moment as fraught as ours, this one stands out. We’ll get into: How a proposal to ban AI lawmaking wound up in the budget reconciliation bill the same week that AI execs took a trip with Trump to Saudi Arabia How the GOP plans to try to sell its state AI ban, according to the GOP A look at what the implications are for AI in general An interview at the end with California Assemblyman Isaac Bryan, author and co-sponsor of some of the AI bills Silicon Valley wants dead I’m not going to lie, this was a dark week, and a tough one to report through—I meant to publish this on Tuesday, then Wednesday, and the new twists and revelations in how this campaign came together just kept piling up. It took many hours to research, investigate, and write this story. To that end, Blood in the Machine is 100% reader supported, and made possible by paid subscr ... Read full article.