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How states are placing guardrails around AI in the absence of strong federal regulation

  • Written by Anjana Susarla, Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
imageThe California State Capitol has been the scene of numerous efforts to regulate AI.AP Photo/Juliana Yamada

U.S. state legislatures are where the action is for placing guardrails around artificial intelligence technologies, given the lack of meaningful federal regulation. The resounding defeat in Congress of a proposed moratorium on state-level AI...

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