Lawmakers passed bills on chatbot safety, education and children’s digital lives, medical authorization and mental health, consumer rights, and frontier model oversight. More states are expected to weigh in by year’s end.
California’s AI Transparency Act now requires the largest generative AI developers—such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Microsoft—to provide users with an AI detection tool.
A group of high school students gathered in Boston recently to create a one-of-a-kind document: A Congressional bill to regulate the use of artificial intelligence in school classrooms. What they came up with is remarkable.
From policy experts to plumbers, we had droves of the AI-curious descend on our booth in Chicago’s McCormick Place Convention Center last week.
Six weeks into the 2026 legislative season, 78 chatbot bills are alive in 27 states, reflecting the growing nationwide concern over the dangers of the powerful new technology.
Seven states are still in session. More than 30 AI-related bills are alive and moving in California, while Michigan, Ohio, Massachusetts, Massachusetts and North Carolina continue to mull over new AI-related rules.
