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like OpenAI, Google and Amazon expressed their opposition in the hearing to the bill as drafted, asserting that the language was too broadly written and could have unintended consequences. Other concerns around it being overly broad arose with concern that it could apply to cover bands, these concerns were addressed in the hearings with lawmakers mentioning that this was not the intention.
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