{"id":187033,"date":"2026-02-13T05:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T10:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/13\/more-than-1000-ai-bills-later-heres-what-states-are-actually-doing-with-artificial-intelligence-american-enterprise-institute\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T07:30:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T12:30:12","slug":"more-than-1000-ai-bills-later-heres-what-states-are-actually-doing-with-artificial-intelligence-american-enterprise-institute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/13\/more-than-1000-ai-bills-later-heres-what-states-are-actually-doing-with-artificial-intelligence-american-enterprise-institute\/","title":{"rendered":"More Than 1,000 AI Bills Later, Here\u2019s What States Are Actually Doing With Artificial Intelligence | American Enterprise Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aei.org\/technology-and-innovation\/more-than-1000-ai-bills-later-heres-what-states-are-actually-doing-with-artificial-intelligence\/\">More Than 1,000 AI Bills Later, Here\u2019s What States Are Actually Doing With Artificial Intelligence | American Enterprise Institute<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aei.org\/technology-and-innovation\/more-than-1000-ai-bills-later-heres-what-states-are-actually-doing-with-artificial-intelligence\/\">https:\/\/www.aei.org\/technology-and-innovation\/more-than-1000-ai-bills-later-heres-what-states-are-actually-doing-with-artificial-intelligence\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-13 05:35:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.aei.org\">www.aei.org<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In 2025, a significant number of AI-related legislative efforts emerged as state capitals considered over 1,000 AI bills, illustrating the intersection of AI technology with governance issues.<\/li>\n<li>Most state efforts centered on addressing AI&#8217;s practical implications, such as public-sector governance, consumer protection, safeguarding children, and preserving legal rights.<\/li>\n<li>A study from the University of Florida&#8217;s Project Navigate highlights a common regulatory strategy across states: governing internal AI use and regulating clear and enforceable harm areas.<\/li>\n<li>The top five areas for AI legislation in 2025 were public-sector governance, consumer protection, transparency and labeling, child safety, and biometrics. However, while many bills were introduced, relatively few were enacted.<\/li>\n<li>Different political leanings and regional priorities shaped states&#8217; AI legislation: coastal Democratic-leaning states focused more on systemic governance and transparency, while more conservative states targeted specific harmful outcomes.<\/li>\n<li>States demonstrated a conservative, incremental approach to AI regulation due to technical and practical challenges, focusing on where enforcement seems feasible and public understanding is high.<\/li>\n<li>Looking forward, states face challenges such as assigning liability in multi-author AI systems and the potential impacts of federal preemption, with public perceptions of AI as both an opportunity and a threat. The balance of cautious regulation remains uncertain as AI capabilities and political pressures evolve.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More Than 1,000 AI Bills Later, Here\u2019s What States Are Actually Doing With Artificial Intelligence&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":187034,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.aei.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/usa_united_states_map.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-187033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187033"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187033"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":187035,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187033\/revisions\/187035"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}