The "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" includes billions for AI and broadband, but critics say it forces states to choose between infrastructure and regulation.

Senators voted early Tuesday to remove a controversial 10-year moratorium on state regulation of artificial intelligence from President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill,” marking a significant defeat for a tech industry that had lobbied hard to keep the provision in the sweeping tax and spending package.

The US Senate has voted down a proposed 10-year ban on states regulating artificial intelligence models, a significant defeat for Silicon Valley companies that had pushed the controversial plan. In the early hours of Tuesday morning,