Overview

• Dario Amodei called the moratorium “too blunt,” saying AI’s rapid evolution demands flexible oversight rather than a decade-long freeze on state rules.
• He proposed a federal transparency standard requiring AI developers to publish their testing protocols and risk-mitigation steps before public release.
• A bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general opposes the ban for preempting recently enacted state laws designed to manage high-risk AI applications.
• Anthropic, backed by Amazon, along with OpenAI and Google DeepMind, already disclose details of their AI safety tests, highlighting industry momentum behind transparency.
• Critics note the measure may violate budget reconciliation rules since it’s unrelated to spending, and lawmakers including Sen. Ted Cruz have signaled its fate in the tax bill is uncertain.