‘Beautiful Bill’ moots decade-long pause on AI-related state laws

US president Donald Trump‘s “One Big Beautiful Bill“, passed by the House of Representatives on Thursday, brought in a whole host of changes, from tax breaks and immigration crackdowns to tweaking welfare programmes. But it also had a significant AI-related provision snuck in – a 10-year moratorium on AI-related state legislations.

If the bill is now passed by the Senate and approved by the president, it would enact one of the most consequential federal tech policy actions in years.

The provision has sparked a debate between those opposing a…