A majority of Americans are against banning states from regulating artificial intelligence — a provision included in the latest congressional spending bill, according to new polling.

A May 29 Common Sense Media/Echelon Insights survey found widespread concern about forcing states to sit on the sidelines as AI advances at a rapid clip, becoming increasingly embedded in everyday life.

The poll comes after the GOP-controlled House passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” as dubbed by President Donald Trump, which would bar states and localities from restricting AI development for a decade.

“No State or political subdivision thereof may enforce, during the 10-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, any law or regulation limiting, restricting, or otherwise regulating

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