Senate AI Framework Faces Hurdles on Key Youth Safety Provision

A legislative package that intends to preempt state regulations on artificial intelligence while creating new safeguards for children online, among other protections, is facing tough headwinds.

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) has said she’s been leading negotiations with the White House on a proposal that builds off a discussion draft, known as the TRUMP AMERICA AI Act, which she released in March. That 291-page sweeping framework aims to establish a federal standard on AI that would override certain state laws and includes several provisions, such as the Kids Online Safety Act or KOSA (S.1748), that seek to strengthen safety, ...