Congress might block state AI laws for a decade (techcrunch.com)

The "AI" czar has been funding telehealth companies and is now probably complicit in the largest takeaway of states' rights ever:

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/executives-from-adhd-startup...

https://sfstandard.com/2024/06/13/telemedicine-adderall-vyva...

He seems to have a history of investing in companies that get into trouble:

https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/13/ceo-david-sacks-on-moving-...

It is quite ironic that Republicans have been complaining about the erosion of states' rights forever. I suppose that now a telehealth investor decides the future of "AI" safety and copyright laundering.

If this was left at the state level some elected official would say the devil is in the code and we need to ban it.

This makes sense from a national security perspective. China is a unified AI strategy, and America can either lead or fall behind, in which case we will all be using Chinese models that bend reality towards CCP's preferred idealogy (look into Deepseek censorship to see how this will work). If AI companies have to navigate 50 different AI regulatory regimes it will bog down progress.

I know my opinions are often unpopular here on HN. It's unfortunate that so many people resort to flagging them based on disagreements.

Wouldn't the interstate commerce clause automatically override any state level regulations on AI, except in cases where a company and its customers are all in-state?

If Republicans were actually for states rights like they say when it comes to abortions then they should put their money where their mouths are and let states decide for themselves on AI.

Are yall in the comments agreeing with this actually astroturfing? I can smell the hypocrisy.

[dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44406186

Texas already did this at the municipal level[0]. Government power continues to be centralized whether it is Republicans or Democrats. Republicans seem to be the only ones marketing themselves as the party of small government though, which is a complete misnomer.

[0]: https://www.dlapiper.com/en/insights/publications/2025/06/te...