The National Defense Authorization Act has already gone through the regular committee and amendment process, but now the tech industry is trying to force leadership to sneak in this new predatory, dangerous provision before the final vote. Contact your representatives, share your outrage far and wide. There are only a few days left to stop this! 🔴
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AI chatbots being allowed to prey on kids is not a matter of national defense. And yet right now, a bunch of big AI companies are trying to convince our government that it is.
I’ve just been corresponding with a bunch of people in DC who work on this. I’ll tell you what’s happening. It’s got me kind of angry. These companies are very sneaky. Here’s what they’re doing:
Every year, Congress passes this thing called the National Defense Authorization Act, I’m just learning. It’s basically how they allocate the budget for the military, etc. And it passes every year. It’s about to pass this year.
But at the last minute, after the Representatives and the Senators have all already voted for it, they’re trying to sneak in this new provision that says states are not allowed to make laws regulating AI.
So, for example, in Utah, I’m actually going to Utah in a couple weeks because the governor there, Spencer Cox, and the whole state government is doing a great job trying to protect the kids of Utah from these predatory AI companies.
Well, if this new provision gets into the National Defense Authorization Act, Utah will be SOL, not allowed to protect its own kids.
Does that sound like a matter of national defense? No. It’s obviously not. This is just about money. It’s all about money. If there are laws that protect kids or laws that protect workers or laws that protect the environment, it’s bad for their bottom line. That’s all they know how to care about.
And they tried to do this before with the Big Beautiful Bill that also had a sneaky provision that would stop states from being able to regulate AI. Luckily, the public caught wind of it. It was so unpopular, they had to take it out. So we have to do that same thing again.
Now, so call your Representatives – I know it sounds like a cliche, but this is actually what works. Call your Senators. Tell them we don’t want this AI preemption in the National Defense Authorization Act.
We have to stop these sneaky mother*******!
