A little secret from inside the legislative process: Lobbyists try to kill bills much more frequently than they try to pass them. However, sometimes momentum to do SOMETHING becomes so large, that the lobbyists opposing progress transition to their second favorite playbook: 1. Claim to support the ultimate goal. 2. Use the opportunity to shove into the bill provisions that are antagonistic to the actual goal people have momentum toward, and/or just weaken the bill substantially. 3. Claim they supported the full goal of the bill all along, while insisting nothing further ever gets passed in this space. a16z, Chris Lehane, and Leading the Future did this for SB53, RAISE, SB315, and most other AI bills they've engaged on. They are now trying it at the federal level. They know that the most people only see steps 1 and 3, and that step 2 happens in the shadows. This is even more confusing when it seems like most of the employees at a company want real regulation - the gov affairs offices can still be an island out in their own. They are savvy political operators, and the people they are up against (most Americans) don't have that same depth of view on how the sausage is made. To everyone who genuinely wants real AI regulation, please don't fall for their games.