AI regulation and standards

European lawmakers voted to delay key parts of the EU AI Act, the bloc's flagship AI law, and to back proposals to ban nudify apps. The delay would push compliance deadlines for high-risk AI system developers to December 2027, and to August 2028 for AI covered by sector-specific safety rules such as toys or medical devices.

The Trump administration unveiled a seven-point legislative blueprint for AI regulation on Friday. It proposes that the federal government avoid most AI regulation beyond child safety rules and bar states from interfering with the "national strategy to achieve global AI dominance." The plan also urges Congress to add safeguards for minors using AI services and to address electricity cost spikes linked to AI infrastructure.

Two AI-focused political action committees are competing in a New York congressional race, an early test of AI regulation ahead of the midterm elections. Jobs and Democracy PAC, the Democratic arm of a pro-regulation group, is backing Alex Bores, the assemblyman behind New York's RAISE Act, which requires large AI developers to publish safety protocols and report serious misuse of their technology. Leading the Future, backed by Andreessen Horowitz and others, has run ads against Bores.

The Senate voted 99-1 to remove a provision from the Republican "Big Beautiful Bill" that would have barred states from regulating AI by tying it to federal broadband expansion funds. The provision had been narrowed after the Senate Parliamentarian ruled it could only apply to the new $500 million in funds, not the full $42.45 billion previously appropriated. The Senate Commerce Committee had revised the original moratorium to clear the Byrd Rule, which bars policy provisions in budget bills.