NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" could change the way Tennessee regulates artificial intelligence.

New language added to the legislation would block states from regulating AI or risk losing federal broadband funding. That means state laws like the Elvis Act, which protects artists from having their voices or images stolen by AI, would be put on pause.

"We are just hoping that we're not taking a couple steps backward since there's no federal regulation currently in place," Kaley Bonett, a Nashville entertainment lawyer at Hall Booth Smith, said.

"The songwriters — all — are entitled to revenue generated from the performances and distribution of that particular sound recording of their song, so if there's a deepfake imposing and competing with the a

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