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CA Lawmakers Approve Potentially Standard-Setting AI Bill The California Legislature passed a bill ( SB 1047 ) that could become the national standard for regulating artificial intelligence. The measure...
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Data privacy, long a focus of state lawmakers across the country, is poised to enter a new space: your brain. Elon Musk has been making headlines for years now with his company Neuralink , which seeks...
Google Agrees to Help Fund Journalism in CA California lawmakers reached a deal with Google that will provide about $250 million in public and private funding for newsrooms across the state over the...
MA Expands Access to Maternal Health Care Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healy (D) signed legislation ( HB 4999 ) expanding access to maternal health services in the state. Among other things, the measure...
STATE NET® THOUGHT LEADERSHIP SERIES
Interest in Artificial Intelligence Creates a Flurry of Legislative Activity
Not too long ago the social conversation about generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools—which utilize algorithms to generate seemingly original content including text, images and audio—was a curious science fiction discussion. Suddenly, it is very real and is stirring up emotions that range from excitement to fear. Concerns about runaway AI have created a flurry of activity in the halls of legislative buildings and among government regulators.
States Are Taking the Lead in Regulating Artificial Intelligence
While Congress is debating how to regulate AI, state legislatures are rushing into the regulatory gap, introducing and enacting measures addressing the development and use of AI, as the State Net Capitol Journal™ previously reported. More than half of the states have now considered or enacted measures related to AI since the start of 2023, according to the State Net legislative and regulatory tracking service.
As the volume of enacted and proposed state laws begins to accelerate, specific themes to those measures are taking shape.
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