The Attorney General of West Virginia, JB McCuskey, has not joined 40 other Attorney General who asked for congress to reject a federal measure that prevents states from determining their own regulations for the apply of artificial intelligence. (Office of the Attorney General JB McCuskey Photo)
Attorney General JB McCuskey did not join 40 other Attorney General who ask for congress to reject what they call “irresponsible” federal measures, which prevents states from determining their own regulations for the apply of artificial intelligence for the next 10 years.
At the moment, the states have the authority to determine their own AI rules. The legislator of West Virginia has recently passed A The invoice Prohibition The creation, distribution or possession of A-generated children’s pornography.
A letter From the Attorney General Prosecutor’s office issued at the beginning of this month said the “broad” AI moratorium measure that is hidden into the hidden Tax reduction by President Donald Trump, invoice, If “comprehensive and completely destructive for reasonable state efforts to prevent known damage in connection with AI”.
McCuskey’s office did not answer questions about why he did not sign the letter that contained Republicans from Ohio, Tennessee and Virginia.
“This draft law does not propose a regulatory scheme to replace or add to the laws that the states are issued or are currently considering, and lets the Americans unprotected by the potential damage to the AI,” says the letter. “In addition, this legal template claims to wipe off all existing framework conditions at the state level. The impension of a broad moratorium for all state measures, while the congress does not act in this area, is irresponsible and withdraws adequate protective measures to consumers.”
After analysis At the National Legislative Conference of the State Conference, 26 countries took at least 75 fresh AI measures. Some of these measures have tried to prohibit the creation of Deepfakes for political campaigns or to ban KI to send spam calls or texts.
Republicans in Washington behind the proposed ban at the state level Say, there is urgently required Uniform only this year, a uniform, federal sentence of guidelines according to more than 1,000 legal provisions in relation to AI were introduced. A 10-year moratorium for the enactment of AI laws of the state could give the congress the time to say goodbye to these guidelines, and the speech proximity states to determine their own AI regulations was rolled into the 1,100 page controversial budget bill.
The congress would prohibit the enforcement of existing laws on KIS and decision systems. But Senator Ryan Weld, R-Brooke, does not believe that the fresh law of West Virginia, which prohibits the apply of AI in children’s pornography, would be depressed if the federal measure was passed on the basis of the written way.
The measure, Senate Bill 198made it a criminal offense in West Virginia to apply a minor to create computer -generated pictures for child pornography or to create a visual representation of a minor that involves sexually explicit behavior. It also prohibits the distribution of A-generated child pornography. Weld, a lawyer, said that a gap in the current laws of the state has addressed that child pornography as AI is a growing industry.
“The federal provisions would enable SB 198 to enter into force, since this does not affect the laws of general applicability … because [the bill] Affects AI, but it does not discriminate against the use of artificial intelligence to manipulate a picture or create a visual representation of a minor. With Adobe Photoshop or the like, ”he said.
Weld said he was “reluctant” that states may lose their ability to regulate the AI.
“I don’t like that states are able to be too legally authorized in areas for which they are generally authorized,” he said. “For a certain reason, states are the laboratory of democracy.”
In West Virginia there are only narrow AI laws, but legislators have started to introduce laws on the subject and to examine how it could work in the government. In 2023 the legislature passed an invoice This started a pilot program to examine how AI can be used to evaluate the street quality and to predict maintenance projects.
Last year the delegate house created The AI selection committee, which has promoted four AI invoices. Three of these measures died in the Senate, and a solutionwho created an AI -Sksk Force, said goodbye to complete legislation. The The AI -Sksk Force was asked to determine the state agency or the agencies, develop AI guidelines that are considered for AI and more. The Task Force should submit a report by July.
The national legislative conference of the State Conference also rejects the proposed moratorium on the ability of the states to regulate the AI. In a letter For us house members that it “If there is a violations of the authority of the states to effectively enact laws in this rapidly developing and consistent political area, and in our view is a violation of the Byrd rule. “The rule – named after the late democratic Senator Robert C. Byrd – regulates the household care process, and provisions that are classified as“ foreign ”are prohibited.
The AI law moratorium measure Was with 500 million US dollars to modernize federal programs of the federal government with commercial AI systems by 2035.
The US house closely approved The massive tax and expenditure calculation supported by GOP with the AI measure on Thursday. Both West Virginia Reps. Riley Moore as well as Carol Miller, Rw.Va., voted for the support of the lawAnd it now Heads for the US Senate.
In Washington DC, a house subcommittee took its first massive step in the beginning of this week discuss widespread regulations for AI legislation at federal level.
Support for federal guidelines or regulation in relation to AI technologies was received in the last congress of non -partisan support, States Newsroom Report.
On May 22nd, McCuskey sent a letter to the General Administration to the The Ministry of Energy and Bundesergiergulative Authority outlines the need for federal officials to set up a strategic electricity reserve to protect our nation’s energy law. It would be used in cases of lack of performance or emergencies.
In a press release, McCuskey said: “The reserve will offer a security level that is now needed more than ever.”
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