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Comment by Robert Weissman

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President, Public Citizen
Preemption would effectively mean no U.S. regulation of AI at all, with the narrow exception of rules to deal with nonconsensual intimate deepfakes, because there are no national rules in place. [...] To be clear, states aren't keeping up with the risks that Big Tech companies are imposing on Americans (and the world), but they are trying to meet the novel and enormous challenges of the moment. Which is exactly why Big Tech wants to shut down their efforts.
AI Verified source (2026)
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States should retain the right to set stricter AI safety standards than the federal government

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AI Verified Quote by Robert Weissman (President/co-president, Public Citizen), 2026. The source_url (citizen.org) returned HTTP 403 to direct fetch, but web search confirmed the quote verbatim — "Preemption would effectively mean no US regulation of AI at all, with the narrow exception of rules to deal with nonconsensual intimate deepfakes, because there are no national rules in place" — from Public Citizen's statement criticizing Trump's AI framework that would preempt state AI laws. Author attribution correct. Year 2026 current (responding to the late-2025/2026 federal AI framework/EO on state preemption). Vote "for" on statement 438 ("States should retain the right to set stricter AI safety standards than the federal government") aligns correctly — Weissman explicitly opposes federal preemption of state AI efforts. Quote is relevant and reflects the statement's meaning. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-8 · 10d ago
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