While AI has opened the door to exciting innovation, it has also exposed creators and artists to detrimental harms. We cannot afford to block states from instituting AI regulations for 10 years while AI evolves unchecked.

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Proponents of the moratorium have tried every way they can to jam it into the budget. After waves and waves of backlash it looks like it's finally going down.

Sen. Blackburn has been working tirelessly to kill the AI moratorium that threatens to block protections for children across the country. We are lucky to have such a strong champion. Thank you for uplifting our opposition letter from 140+ organizations working to protect kids.

Over 130 organizations working on children's safety are clear: NO version of the moratorium is acceptable.

Over 130 orgs agree; We cannot afford to tie the hands of our local legislators to regulate AI for any duration of time.

This needs to pass.

The AI Moratorium has been stripped out of the Big Beautiful Bill in an overwhelming 99-1 vote. We thank Senator Sen. Marsha Blackburn, kids online safety advocates, civil society organizations, and hundreds of grassroots volunteers that came together to stop this.

it blows my mind that our DC team was so crucial to making this happen. just last week it seemed like we were clearly doomed insane fighters Sunny Gandhi Adam Billen Nathan Calvin

Yes, we did. I was pleased to introduce this amendment on behalf of our children, states, creators, and individuals nationwide. Thank you to the bipartisan group of colleagues who agreed with me on this. washingtonpost.com/technology/202…

Today’s a big day. We just turned 5! 5⃣🎂 In July 2020, we were scrappy high schoolers across Instagram group chats. Now, our young, fast-moving team is shaping how policymakers and the public navigate AI — in DC, SF, and beyond. In the last year alone, we’ve: ✅ Led historic

Congrats Encode. You should be proud of the impact you've had! It has been an honor to work alongside you!

Earlier this year, Encode worked with IFP on a proposal to direct DARPA to invest in AI interpretability efforts. Today it passed committee as part of the defense spending bill! This comes on the heels of similar language being included in the The White House's AI Action Plan.