Senate Commerce Chair Ted Cruz said Wednesday he is again postponing a highly anticipated markup of artificial intelligence bills planned for next week.
Instead, the Texas Republican said in an interview Wednesday, the panel will only take up bills focused on kids’ online safety.
Cruz said senators could not strike a deal on AI legislation in time for the committee to vote next week.
“We are going to do a markup on kids’ safety next week,” Cruz told POLITICO. “We have moved the broader AI markup to September. … It’s our intention still to mark those up, but it is taking longer to get bipartisan agreement.”
Cruz said the committee would mark up the Kids Online Safety Act, led by Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), along with other measures.
Under the panel’s rules, the chair must publish an agenda a week in advance. The committee did not immediately respond to a question about exactly which bills would be on the docket.
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