The moratorium is backed by the Trump administration, and will give big Tech free rein to push ahead with the rollout of AI without being stymied by state or local regulations.

A Republican effort to prevent states from enforcing their own AI regulations cleared a key procedural hurdle on Saturday.

The rule, as reportedly rewritten by Senate Commerce Chair Ted Cruz in an attempt to comply with budgetary rules, would withhold federal broadband funding from states if they try to enforce AI regulations in the next 10 years.

Donald Trump‘s signature piece of legislation, the One Beautiful Bill Act, will be able to retain a provision that prohibits states from regulating artificial intelligence over the next 10 years.

Under the current language in the bill, states would lose out on federal broadband funding if they enforce such laws.

Microsoft’s chief scientist has warned that Donald Trump’s proposed ban on state-level guardrails on artificial intelligence will slow the development of the frontier technology rather than accelerate it.

AI isn’t just impacting how we write — it’s changing how we speak and interact with others. And there’s only more to come.

Duolingo will “gradually stop using contractors to do work that AI can handle,” according to an all-hands email sent by cofounder and CEO Luis von Ahn announcing that the company will be “AI-first.” The email was posted on Duolingo’s LinkedIn account.