Ted Cruz AI bill could let firms bribe Trump to avoid safety laws, critics warn

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> Under the framework, Cruz calls for a "light-touch" regulatory approach to "advance American leadership" in AI and ensure that "American values" are at the heart of the world's leading technology—not Chinese values.

> If passed, the SANDBOX Act would let AI companies apply to temporarily avoid enforcement of federal laws that could limit their testing of new AI products.

On the one hand I understand the need to protect foundational values of a society and see the risks of something like TikTok undermining western societies. On the other hand, this type of regulation seems like some sort of reverse censorship. I’m not sure what the right terminology is for what I’m thinking.

Radical libertarianism?

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