Update: 6/23/25 —  The Senate Parliamentarian has now determined that the proposed 10-year federal moratorium on states or localities regulate the use of AI legislation can remain in the budget bill – and thus be passed with a majority vote.  Yet several  GOP Senators  remain opposed, and Josh Hawley says he will join with Democrats to introduce an amendment to eliminate it from the bill. 

The unregulated use of AI in the classroom is a profound threat to student privacy, as these programs collect and commercialize students’ personal data. It is also a threat to the personal connection, feedback and engagement central to a quality education. AI is one of the few technologies whose inventors have warned that it poses a serious risk to humanity itself, including Nobel Prize winner Geoffrey Hinton, often called the godfather of AI.

In a joint letter, more than 200 state legislators expressed their “strong opposition” to any ban on regulating AI, joining a bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general who expressed similar concerns.

Please write to your U.S. Senators today, to demand that they eliminate any language from the budget bill that would prevent or dissuade states and localities from passing laws on AI to protect the safety, education and the well-being of our children.  And please share this email with others who care.  Thank you!