Policies Affecting Small Businesses

Legal rules that constrain how employers use AI to hire, monitor, discipline, and dismiss workers.

Taxing AI model inference to create a revenue stream growing automatically with AI adoption

Government funding for compute infrastructure or energy to increase competitiveness or democratize AI access.

Common carrier and universal access obligations applied to AI infrastructure and services.

Competition enforcement to prevent monopolistic control over essential AI infrastructure.

Public purchasing rules that shape AI markets and attach public benefit obligations.

Expanded pathways for displaced workers to start businesses or become self-employed.