A bipartisan coalition of more than 260 state legislators from all 50 states on Tuesday sent a letter to Congress opposing a provision in the federal budget reconciliation bill that would impose a 10-year ban on state and local regulation of artificial intelligence. The lawmakers argue that the decade-long moratorium would hinder their ability to protect residents from AI-related harms, such as deepfake scams, algorithmic discrimination and job displacement. The outcome of this legislative dispu...