Update: The U.S. Senate voted 99-to-1 in the early morning of Tuesday, July 1, to pass an amendment that removed the moratorium on AI legislation after opposition from state and federal lawmakers. The Senate has yet to vote on passage of the reconciliation bill.
The story below was written about Tennessee legislators' opposition to the measure before it was removed from the bill.
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