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We're excited to see young state legislators embracing the challenge of AI policy. Applause and respect to Vermont Rep. Monique Priestley and Utah Rep. @DougFiefia for stepping up and leading this bipartisan Future Caucus task force. Rep. Fiefia and Rep. Priestley sponsored…

It was a quiet week in the state capitols—but not in D.C., where two senators introduced the bipartisan AI Accountability and Personal Data Protection Act. Catch up on all the AI policy action every Friday in our AI Legislative Update. transparencycoalition.ai/news/ai-legisl…

Curious about what's in the Trump Administration's new AI Action Plan? We've got a resource page for you. Overview, full document, and more to come as the president's comments and a possible new EO are expected later today. transparencycoalition.ai/news/guide-ame…

What do all those state AI task forces do, anyway? We dropped in on a meeting of the Washington State AI Task Force last week as they were discussing two proposed measures dealing with AI disclosure and AI training data transparency. It's time-intensive work, but the…

Catch up on the week's AI policy action in state capitols every Friday with our AI Legislative Update. This week it all happened in Sacramento: California lawmakers moved a number of bills forward before heading home tonight for a scheduled monthlong summer recess.…

More outstanding work from @CommonSense Media: A new report issued this morning finds the use of AI companion chatbots much more widespread among American teens than most assume. As legislators consider guardrails around this powerful new technology—in bills like California's…

Two new state AI bills introduced in midsummer? It's true! Check out the proposals from Michigan @RepLightner65 , who dropped a bill aimed at preventing AI-driven critical harms, and a second proposal to penalize AI use for criminal intent. transparencycoalition.ai/news/michigan-…

"We are requiring seatbelts and airbags in the installation of Hummers that can travel as fast as Lamborghinis. That's basically what we are trying to do." That's New York State Sen. @AndrewGounardes describing the RAISE Act, the AI safety bill now sitting on Gov. @KathyHochul…

This week in AI state policy happenings: A Michigan lawmaker introduced an AI bill similar to New York's RAISE Act, and California lawmakers heard dramatic testimony about AI companion chatbots. Catch up on all the action in our weekly AI legislation update.…

Megan Garcia's testimony this afternoon was absolutely shattering. Her 14-year-old son, Sewell Setzer, took his own life last year after becoming infatuated with an AI companion chatbot. She traveled to California to speak out in favor of @SenStevePadilla's SB 243, a bill that…

Amid growing concern about AI companion chatbots, legislators in Sacramento today will be considering SB 243, a bill that would create necessary safeguards around this powerful new technology. Joining @SenStevePadilla , the bill's author, will be Megan Garcia, mother of Sewell…

A study by Drexel University researchers found more than 800 reports of harassment and manipulation by companion chatbots. The machines exposed their human users to sexual harassment, manipulation, and other forms of inappropriate behavior. In some instances, the behaviors…

Heading out early today? No shame in that game. Before you go, catch up on the AI policy events you missed. The week was short, the action was fast and furious. transparencycoalition.ai/news/ai-legisl…

"This is a big deal," our AI experts said. "Why?" a non-techie asked. So we wrote this brief overview of @Cloudflare's AI crawler-block announcement. transparencycoalition.ai/news/cloudflar…

Here's Sen. @MarshaBlackburn final words to the Senate as her amendment to strike the 10-year AI law moratorium comes to the floor. "There are all of these pieces of legislation dealing with AI that [Congress] hasn't passed. You know who has passed it? It is our states!"

Breaking news: The Senate has voted 99-1 to remove the proposed ban on state AI laws from the Congressional budget bill. Huge thanks and respect to Sen. @MarshaBlackburn and Sen. @MariaCantwell, who stood up for states and AI safety, and to all of our allies in AI safety,…

The next edition of AI Spotlight, our monthly newsletter, drops early tomorrow morning. We've got insight into new laws in Florida and Texas, a Q&A with some of the sharpest minds in AI policy, and the very latest on Congress and the proposed AI moratorium. Sign up today and…

As the Senate debates the full budget bill package, here's where things stand with the state AI law moratorium: * 10-year ban on state AI laws revised to a 5-year ban * Exceptions made for "a generally applicable law or regulation" that deals with child safety, a person's…

So much going on this week in AI: Congress, court decisions, chatbots... Here's a quick catch-up on AI-related bills in state legislatures. You know about Texas and TRAIGA, but did you hear about Illinois passing a bill to prohibit AI chatbots from performing therapy?…

At the very moment when Americans are demanding thoughtful leadership and robust discussion of AI, Congress has inserted a clause into the budget bill that would silence the discussion and shut down our laboratories of democracy. The freedom to debate and innovate—in both…