My name is Zach Whiting, policy director and senior fellow for Better Tech for Tomorrow, an initiative of the Texas Public Policy Foundation. I am testifying in support of SB 2021.
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State AI Policy Preemption: Reconciliation Staving Off Heavy-Handed Regulation While Promoting Light-Touch Guardrails
The California Approach SB 1047-style AI regulation poses a threat to US hegemony in the AI race. Some particular concerns underscored by TPPF research include: Impossibly high pre-deployment standards, such as the assurance that there is zero possibility for covered models to have hazardous capabilities. Enmeshing AI into state functions with an explicit goal of...
May 22, 2025