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Senator Ted Cruz proposed that states attempting to regulate AI should lose federal broadband funding.

This proposal is an addition to a House-passed bill aiming for a 10-year ban on state AI regulation.

Critics argue Cruz's plan is "undemocratic and cruel," forcing states to choose between broadband access and AI consumer protection.

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R- Texas ) proposed on Thursday an alternative punishment for planned legislation that would set a 10-year ban on state regulation of Artificial Intelligence model learning.

Under Cruz’s budget reconciliation proposal , an attempt to regulate AI would be prohibited from collecting federal funding provided by the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program.

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