The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to scrap a 10-year federal moratorium on state-level AI regulation.
The move removes a key restriction from former President Trump’s tax-cut and spending bill, opening the door for states to regulate artificial intelligence as they see fit.
The moratorium had prevented states from setting their own AI rules for a decade, keeping the field under a federal grip. 
The vote, led by Republicans, signals growing congressional willingness to hand AI oversight to individual states rather than keep it centralized.
The change could lead to a patchwork of AI regulations nationwide, impacting developers, businesses, and users operating across state lines.
This dramatic shift in AI policy quietly slipped through as part of broader fiscal legislation, catching some industry watchers off-guard.
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