House talks look at blocking some state AI laws, including in California and New York

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Previously unreported details of negotiations come as the White House grapples with challenges from the emergence of Mythos.

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Bipartisan House talks on expected artificial intelligence legislation are coalescing around a plan to preempt a specific set of state laws that rein in cutting-edge AI developers, according to two tech lobbyists and three AI policy advocates familiar with the discussions.

The people familiar, who were granted anonymity due to the sensitive and fast-moving nature of the talks, said the bill would specifically preempt AI safety laws like those recently passed by California and New York, which require top AI developers to disclose information about new models in order to identify critical safety or security risks. State AI laws that do not regulate model developers are not expected to be preempted.