Two key AI provisions were left out of the final text of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) after failing to overcome Republican divisions, while a pair of measures restricting investments and contracts with China made it into the must-pass defense bill. The legislation, which could receive a vote as early as this week, became a battleground for major fights over tech policy in recent weeks, as lawmakers grappled with the future of AI in the…
Here are key tech provisions the NDAA includes and excludes




