{"id":237826,"date":"2026-06-26T14:58:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T18:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/26\/regulating-artificial-intelligence-will-be-colossal-task-for-alabama-lawmakers-2\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T15:30:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T19:30:44","slug":"regulating-artificial-intelligence-will-be-colossal-task-for-alabama-lawmakers-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/26\/regulating-artificial-intelligence-will-be-colossal-task-for-alabama-lawmakers-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Regulating artificial intelligence will be \u2018colossal task\u2019 for Alabama lawmakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesfreepress.com\/news\/2026\/jun\/26\/regulating-artificial-intelligence-will-be\/\">Regulating artificial intelligence will be \u2018colossal task\u2019 for Alabama lawmakers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesfreepress.com\/news\/2026\/jun\/26\/regulating-artificial-intelligence-will-be\/\">https:\/\/www.timesfreepress.com\/news\/2026\/jun\/26\/regulating-artificial-intelligence-will-be\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-26 14:58:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.timesfreepress.com\">www.timesfreepress.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alabama lawmakers face the challenge of creating regulations to protect children from the risks of artificial intelligence (AI).<\/li>\n<li>During a meeting of the Commission on Artificial Intelligence and Children&#8217;s Safety, experts discussed existing legislation, data usage in AI, and the necessity of public education.<\/li>\n<li>Legal clarity and consistency for businesses are emphasized to avoid First Amendment litigation.<\/li>\n<li>Age verification laws were noted, but there are concerns about privacy and data collection implications.<\/li>\n<li>Experts stressed the importance of educating parents and guardians about AI behaviors and the need for transparency and active mediation tools.<\/li>\n<li>Research highlights the potential dependency on AI and chatbots among adolescents, with mixed findings on its effects on mental health.<\/li>\n<li>Potential legislation focuses on maintaining parental control over children&#8217;s interaction with AI and ensuring it is safe from a data-driven perspective.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Regulating artificial intelligence will be \u2018colossal task\u2019 for Alabama lawmakers https:\/\/www.timesfreepress.com\/news\/2026\/jun\/26\/regulating-artificial-intelligence-will-be\/ Publish Date: 2026-06-26 14:58:00&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":237827,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wehco.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com\/imports\/adg\/img\/2026\/06\/27\/104071540_DSC_5565-2048x1365_t1200.jpg?57a0c2296240c280e9492005c3cad63e7cbe80f4","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-237826","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\/237826"}],"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=237826"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":237828,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237826\/revisions\/237828"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}