Cruz blocks AI safety rules bid in Senate
Senator Ted Cruz has blocked a bipartisan effort by Democrats Mark Warner and Brian Schatz to make mandatory AI safety regulations through the US Senate. The Artificial Intelligence Risk Management and Security Act, proposed by Warner and co-sponsored by Szymon Krawczyk (Brian Schatz) and Andy Kim, aimed at setting up an AI Safety Board within the Commerce Department. Cruz objected on the…
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- Cruz blocked mandatory AI safety rules in the Senate
- Warner and Schatz proposed the Artificial Intelligence Risk Management and Security Act
- Cruz objected to giving too much power to government regulators
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Ted Cruz just blocked mandatory AI safety rules in the Senate, for now
madrobot.blog · 30 September 2026
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