--- title: Lobbying efforts to restrict open-source AI reported in... description: Clément Delangue (Hugging Face CEO) is flagging renewed lobbying efforts in Washington DC and at the state level aimed at banning or severely restricting... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/lobbying-efforts-to-restrict-open-source-ai-reported-in-dc-and-state-legislatures-pwj9uyvts twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Lobbying efforts to restrict open-source AI reported in DC and state legislatures | daily.dev og:description: Clément Delangue (Hugging Face CEO) is flagging renewed lobbying efforts in Washington DC and at the state level aimed at banning or severely restricting... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/lobbying-efforts-to-restrict-open-source-ai-reported-in-dc-and-state-legislatures-pwj9uyvts og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/PwJ9UYvts.png og:image:alt: Lobbying efforts to restrict open-source AI reported in DC and state legislatures og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Lobbying efforts to restrict open-source AI reported in DC and state legislatures **[Collections](https://daily.dev/sources/collections)** · 1 min read · 7 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary Clément Delangue (Hugging Face CEO) is flagging renewed lobbying efforts in Washington DC and at the state level aimed at banning or severely restricting open-source AI. The signal was amplified by Yann LeCun and others in the AI research community. No specific bills or sponsors have been named yet, but the activity is picking up and worth monitoring for anyone involved in open-source AI development. ## Content Clément Delangue is reporting renewed lobbying efforts in Washington DC and at the state level aimed at banning or severely restricting open-source AI. The tweet was widely reshared, including by Yann LeCun and others in the AI research community, suggesting it's hitting a nerve. No specific bills or sponsors have been named yet, but if you care about open-source AI development, this is worth watching closely. ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@reotechio** · 1 upvotes > If you can't beat them.. ban them. > That's the American way now. --- Tags: [#ai-regulation](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-regulation) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/lobbying-efforts-to-restrict-open-source-ai-reported-in-dc-and-state-legislatures-pwj9uyvts) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Lobbying efforts to restrict open-source AI reported in DC and state legislatures","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/lobbying-efforts-to-restrict-open-source-ai-reported-in-dc-and-state-legislatures-pwj9uyvts","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/lobbying-efforts-to-restrict-open-source-ai-reported-in-dc-and-state-legislatures-pwj9uyvts"},"datePublished":"2026-04-21T23:59:44.755Z","dateModified":"2026-04-22T02:14:38.626Z","description":"Clément Delangue (Hugging Face CEO) is flagging renewed lobbying efforts in Washington DC and at the state level aimed at banning or severely restricting...","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Collections","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Collections","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--fk_6ycEi--/f_auto,q_auto/v1780996001/logos/collections?_a=BAMAMiWQ0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/collections"},"commentCount":2,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/lobbying-efforts-to-restrict-open-source-ai-reported-in-dc-and-state-legislatures-pwj9uyvts","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":7},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}],"keywords":"ai-regulation","timeRequired":"PT1M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Collections","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/collections"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Lobbying efforts to restrict open-source AI reported in DC and state legislatures"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/lobbying-efforts-to-restrict-open-source-ai-reported-in-dc-and-state-legislatures-pwj9uyvts","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"If you can’t beat them… ban them.\nThat’s the American way now.","datePublished":"2026-04-23T16:12:21.301Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/PwJ9UYvts#c-LvYTZlDhG","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Richard Lee","url":"https://daily.dev/reotechio","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocL6iuhHRpDYAAge6WFv-SWkshDdb4p2PYpmRfkct681gYQxBYk=s96-c"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}}]} ```