State lawmakers are revving up AI bills after quarter-century of inaction on tech by Congress

State legislatures are taking the lead in regulating artificial intelligence after a quarter-century in which Congress has failed to come up with substantive laws governing tech.The specter of AI and its wide-ranging potential impact on every aspect of life in the U.S. has lawmakers, stung by their failure to police social media and protect consumers’ data, scrambling to act.“Consensus has yet to emerge, but Congress can look to state legislatures — often referred to as the laboratories of democracy — for i ...