Why US tech giants are now calling loudly for clear AI rules

Things are heating up in the US. The big tech companies, such as Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Meta, had joined forces to push through a law that would prohibit individual states from enacting their own AI regulations. The goal: uniform, national guidelines instead of a patchwork of rules. But this attempt has now failed miserably. The US Senate rejected the so-called "moratorium" by 99 votes to 1. A clearer "no" is hardly possible. So for now, the status quo remains: each state can continue to set its own AI rules. What is permitted in California may be problematic in Texas, what is mandatory in Colorado may be prohibited in New...