Democrats propose requiring federal permission to train AI models, with up to 20 years in prison
Polymarket · x · 2026-11-11
Per Polymarket, Democrats have proposed requiring AI companies to obtain federal government permission before training AI models, with violations carrying up to 20 years in prison — one of the most aggressive US regulatory proposals targeting the pretraining stage itself.
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