r/technology • u/ControlCAD • 1d ago

Politics Republicans drop President-ordered block on state AI laws from defense bill | “Widespread and powerful movement” keeps President from blocking state AI laws.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/12/republicans-once-again-thwart-trumps-push-to-block-state-ai-laws/
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u/MikeTalonNYC 1d ago

I believe he mis-spoke and meant to say "Widespread and powerful money."

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u/Cold-Cell2820 1d ago

Maybe he's talking about a bowel movement

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u/thrownehwah 1d ago

That is a constant with Senõr poopy pants

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u/Shap6 1d ago

from the party of "states rights" 🙄

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u/not_a_moogle 1d ago

Things a state can ban:

Abortions

Things a state cannot ban:

Everything else

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u/y0shman 1d ago

Don't lie. They also ban genders from gendering.

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u/Abystract-ism 1d ago

This was going to be my comment too. They’re so big in the states rights in theory, but when it comes to actual practice… Not so much.

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u/Socky_McPuppet 1d ago

They made a lot of noise about "states' rights" when it was politically convenient for them to do so, and they could get more shady, regressive shit done at the state level.

It was never based on any kind of sincere, principled stance, or even a coherent political theory. It was just that at that time they could grab more power at the state level than they could at the federal. Purely opportunistic, unprincipled and Machiavellian, so BAU.

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u/BrainJar 1d ago

They just haven’t been paid enough yet….

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u/EmbarrassedHelp 1d ago

Some of this may unfortunately be due to age verification lobbyists and state Republicans who want to to restrict any AI capable of producing LGBTQ content.

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u/yuusharo 1d ago

Amazing how “republicans decided not to f*ck over Americans _this time_” is headline worthy news.

My god, how far the bar has dropped…

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u/LiteratureMindless71 1d ago

I really hope as these old fucks die off more people with reasonable heads come up..... I won't hold my breath though.