Every Friday, TCAI brings you the nation’s most comprehensive update of AI-related legislation moving through state legislatures. This week: Lawmakers are down to the final hours in Arizona and Tennessee with a handful of AI bills on the cusp of passage.

Most of the major AI chatbots offer settings that keep your data private. Adjusting those settings is a good step to take—but don’t assume a setting is a guarantee of complete privacy.

C‍alifornia’s SB 1119 and AB 2023 would build on existing state law to enhance protections for kids and parents interacting with AI chatbots.

Researchers tracked a 5x surge in rogue-agent incidents over the past six months as major developers released a wave of more agentic AI models and frameworks.

The GPS in your phone can be a helpful tool when you need navigational help or weather information. But many apps that have zero need to know your location are also tracking you. And if you’re a parent whose kids use apps, they’re tracking their location too.

Every Friday, TCAI brings you the nation’s most comprehensive update of AI-related legislation moving through state legislatures. This week: Therapy chatbot bans are picking up speed. Maine sent a therapy bot ban to the governor, while Missouri is moving on a similar ban via an omnibus health care bill.

Legislators have introduced dozens of AI-related bills in Springfield this year. Members of the Senate will start sorting through them all in a committee work session on Thursday, April 9. We highlight some of the most intriguing measures.

The recently released documentary is garnering rave reviews from parents and AI policy-makers, so two of our Transparency Coalition experts gave it a watch recently. Their verdict: Two thumbs up!

Existing law protects performers, celebrities, and the deceased from the nonconsensual use of their personal digital likeness. California’s proposed Digital Dignity Act would extend those protections to all individuals in the state.

Every Friday, TCAI brings you the nation’s most comprehensive update of AI-related legislation moving through state legislatures. This week: Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed an AI therapy bot ban into law, and Nebraska and Georgia moved chatbot safety bills closer to enactment.

Update: Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has signed SB 1546 into law. As of Jan. 1, 2027, chatbot operators must implement strong measures to protect Oregon kids who interact with the products.

Using an AI agent comes with two known risks: The agent has access to all your data and passwords, and it will decide and act on its own. Sometimes that means it decides to delete all your emails, or go off on its own crypto-mining adventure.

In just three months, OpenClaw has sparked a surge of interest in AI agents and a boom in the creation of autonomous bots. We explain what it is, where it came from, and how to consider the upside along with the risks.

Every Friday, TCAI brings you the nation’s most comprehensive update of AI-related legislation moving through state legislatures. This week: Chatbot safety bills are marching through first-chamber passage, with measures moving in Arizona, Georgia, Idaho, and Oklahoma.

On a landmark day for AI safety and transparency, Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson this morning signed two AI-related bills into law before a gathering of parents, advocates, and lawmakers in Olympia.

The poll of 800 likely voters, evenly split between Republicans and Democrats, found overwhelming support for government safeguards around chatbots.

Every Friday, TCAI brings you an overview of AI-related legislation moving through state legislatures. This week: Florida adjourned without passing the gov’s AI package, Virginia and Washington wrapped up by passing major AI bills, and AI measures moved forward in Idaho, Georgia, and Hawaii.

A new study tested the willingness of AI chatbots to help plan a violent attack. Eight of the ten most popular bots provided assistance, some with great enthusiasm. Only one—Anthropic’s Claude—reliably discouraged the user.

In a sign of the issue’s bipartisan concern, lawmakers in more traditionally conservative states are embracing bills that require chatbot safeguards for kids and prohibit addictive algorithms for those under 18.

Every Friday, TCAI brings you an overview of AI-related legislation moving through state legislatures. This week: Washington and Utah pass major AI bills on the eve of adjournment. Virginia passes three AI bills prior to heading home, and it looks like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ AI Bill of Rights is stalled in the House.