A contentious provision of the 2025 budget reconciliation bill (dubbed the “Big Beautiful Bill” by its Republican supporters) that would have effectively banned state regulation of AI for 10 years has been removed after a bipartisan group of senators expressed concern that it would undermine federalism and paralyze state legislatures for too
AI Roundup: State AI ban axed, Meta launches new division, AI to tackle Medicare waste
Contentious AI reg ban undone, Meta hires for its “superhuman” AI program, and HHS unveils a model to use AI to expedite Medicaid.processes.