Matt Brown.

Senate Republicans have made changes to their party’s sweeping tax bill in hopes of preserving a new policy that would prevent states from regulating artificial intelligence. Republicans are proposing to block states from receiving federal funding for broadband if they regulate AI. That’s a change from a provision in the House’s bill that simply banned any current or future AI regulations by the states. Senators unveiled the revised language Thursday night. The proposed ban has angered state lawmakers in Democratic and Republican-led states and alarmed some digital safety advocates. But leading AI executives warn a “patchwork” of state AI regulations would cripple innovation.