rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/letter/great-american-ai-act?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-letter-area-great-american-ai-act' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Rashid for Illinois https://actionnetwork.org/groups/rashid-for-illinois https://actionnetwork.org//images/generic_facebook.jpg Congress is considering the Great American AI Act, a draft bill that would block states from regulating the development of artificial intelligence models for at least three years. This is a dangerous giveaway to Big Tech. Across the country, states have stepped up where Congress has failed to act. Illinois, California, New York, and other states have moved to require transparency, audits, whistleblower protections, civil rights safeguards, worker protections, and accountability from AI developers and companies using automated systems. The Great American AI Act would threaten that progress. Legal analysis says the bill’s pre-emption language could override several state laws that regulate AI developers, including laws in California, New York, and Illinois. Supporters of the bill claim the country needs one national standard. But a national standard should be a strong federal floor, not a ceiling that blocks states from protecting their residents. AI is already affecting hiring, housing, health care, education, public services, elections, privacy, and consumer safety. States must retain the power to respond quickly when AI systems discriminate, deceive, exploit, surveil, or put people at risk. State lawmakers, attorneys general, civil rights advocates, and organizations across the political spectrum have opposed efforts to pre-empt state AI laws. Congress already rejected AI pre-emption before. We need to stop it again. Tell Congress to reject the Great American AI Act and oppose any bill that pre-empts state authority to regulate AI. https://actionnetwork.org/letters/great-american-ai-act