Congress

A House subcommittee is advancing legislation that would require tech companies to bear the energy costs of AI data centers, a major policy shift for the industry.

A new U.S. bill proposes stricter penalties for distributing deepfake images and establishes baseline standards for AI software development and deployment.

The Trump administration's push to block state-level AI regulation through federal preemption legislation has hit a wall on Capitol Hill amid partisan divisions.

The Trump administration published its National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence, urging Congress to establish a single federal standard that would override the growing patchwork of state-level AI regulations, handing Big Tech the federal preemption it has long lobbied for.

The White House and House Republicans are jointly developing a legislative package to preempt state-level AI regulations, combining AI law preemption with children's online safety provisions as the 90-day deadline from Trump's December AI executive order arrives.

Business Software Alliance proposes targeted federal preemption of state AI laws for specific issues like frontier model safety, enabling bipartisan consensus on national AI legislation.