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Kukoff: California State AI Regulation Would Effectively Act as National Policy

Zach Kukoff · Weekly Recap: The Soham Parekh Drama, Meta Attacks OpenAI, Trump's Mega Bill · Jul 5, 2025 · at 1:18:08

Zach Kukoff explains the market-distorting power of California legislation following the removal of a federal moratorium on state AI regulation.

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“And so if California tomorrow says, look, We're passing a European-style bill to severely curtail, which I think would be a disaster, to severely curtail AI development. That would, in effect, be a national bill.”

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