Disruption

Lawmakers are sliding AI under the microscope in 2024

Interest in the technology continues to boom among both consumers and policymakers.
The artificial intelligence company OpenAI logo is seen on a mobile phone in front of a computer screen displaying output from ChatGPT, March 21, 2023, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

Momentum is building in multiple states to establish early regulations for artificial intelligence, as lawmakers scramble to respond to the fast-emerging technology with so far little consequence for misuse.

State legislators introduced more than three dozen AI-related bills in a dozen or more states over the past four months, according to Bill Track 50 and other sources. This week, President Biden issued a sweeping AI executive order, and state lawmakers in Georgia and Illinois held hearings on AI.

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