AI Ban in Spending Bill Would Curb States’ Driverless Car Regulations

The House spending bill's proposal to bar states from regulating artificial-intelligence systems for a decade stands to erase the only laws in America governing the use of driverless cars.

There are currently no federal regulations for their use, and traffic rules more generally are typically governed at the state level.

Thirty-four states and the District of Columbia have enacted autonomous vehicle regulation as of the end of last year .

The first driverless 18 -wheeler has hit the road in Texas .

Multiple state attorneys general have objected to the AI regulation ban proposal.

Researchers say the proposal could trip over the Senate ’s Byrd Rule , which bars “extraneous” matters unrelated to the budget.