LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Michigan Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel signed a letter in opposition to an amendment in “The One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act” that would prohibit states from interfering with artificial intelligence for a 10-year period.
Nessel seeks “regulatory framework.”
Nessel, along with 39 state and territory attorneys general, sent the letter in disagreement with the 10-year prohibition on May 16. The bill’s moratorium says, “no State or political subdivision thereof may enforce any law or regulation regulating artificial intelligence models, artificial intelligence systems, or automated decision systems during the 10-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.”
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In a post on X, Nessel said, “The amendment fails to propose any federal regulatory framework to replace or supplement existing and proposed state laws, effectively leaving Americans without vital protections against the potential misuse or abuse of AI.”
The letter sent by the attorneys general focused on AI’s propensity to exploit children.
“AI has the potential to be used to identify someone’s location, mimic their voice, and generate deepfakes,” the letter said. “As a matter of physical safety, using AI tools, images of anyone, including children, can be scoured and tracked across the internet and used to approximate or even anticipate a victim’s location.”
The Michigan House.
In April, the Michigan House of Representatives passed House Bills 4047 and 4048 to protect people from Al-generated explicit material by creating “The Protection from Intimate Deep Fakes Act.”
“States play a crucial role in protecting consumers from scammers, bad actors, and growing risks associated with AI,” Nessel said in a press release. “Stripping states of the power to act, especially in the absence of any federal protections, is irresponsible and dangerous. Congress and the federal government should work with states, not against them, to ensure AI is developed and used responsibly.”
The U.S. House’s Budget Committee passed the 1,115-page bill passed on Sunday night. In an interview on Fox News Sunday, House Speaker Mike Johnson said the goal is to get the full bill on the House floor by the end of the week so that they can meet their original deadline of passing the bill by Memorial Day.
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“It’s very important for everybody to understand why we’re being so aggressive on the timetable and why this really is so important,” Johnson said in the interview. “This is the vehicle through which we will deliver on the mandate that the American people gave us in the last election. You’re going to have historic savings for the American people, historic tax relief for American workers, historic investments in border security.”
The White House responds.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said it is essential that every Republican in the House and the Senate supports this legislative package.
“This one big beautiful bill is also pro-family. It will increase the child tax credit to $2500 per child, establish optional savings account for newborn babies with a $1,000 credit added, and strengthen paid family leave,” Leavitt said in today’s press conference. “This bill also delivers historic tax relief to America’s seniors by allowing middle and low income Social Security recipients to deduct an additional $4,000 in payments from their taxable income.”