AI Policy: Open-Source Regulation, State Data Center Pushback & Legislative Impact

White House announces new policy to regulate open-source AI models for national security, impacting Meta and startups. Simultaneously, states like Virginia and New Jersey push back on Big Tech's energy appetite with new taxes and rate classes on data centers. Nearly half of planned data centers delayed or canceled. Federal bills from Warner and Wyden add transparency and gross receipts tax ideas. New: AI-generated bills flooding House Legislative Counsel office, raising concerns about institutional capacity and quality control in lawmaking.