Credit: aniqpixel/Adobe Stock Taking a Byte From the Regulatory Apple: States Introduce AI Regulations, Creating Conflict Risks With Future Federal Law
Presently, there is no overarching federal law or regulatory scheme specific to the unique challenges of AI. This places AI regulation on track to follow the same path as privacy/data collection—with the states, the courts, the industry itself, and other jurisdictions trying to fill the void.
August 01, 2024 at 09:01 AM
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As the federal government grapples with the complexities of comprehensive AI regulation and competing agendas, U.S. states are computing their own solutions to the challenges posed by the rapid advancement of AI in services, products and industries. There have been some efforts to prompt federal oversight of AI including the Executive Order on Safe, Secure and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence released in October 2023, and the bipartisan-drafted AI Roadmap revealed in May 2024. Yet, presently, there is no overarching federal law or regulatory scheme specific to the unique challenges of AI. This places AI regulation on track to follow the same path as privacy/data collection—with the states, the courts, the industry itself, and other jurisdictions trying to fill the void.
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