Continuing Wave of AI Legislation & Multiple State Lawsuits Against TikTok

Wave of AI Bills to Continue Next Year

As of early September, more than 30 states had passed artificial intelligence-related bills or resolutions this year, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. California alone enacted 17 AI bills, and Colorado passed a first-in-the-nation law (SB 205) requiring developers of high-risk AI systems to take “reasonable care” to ensure those systems don’t discriminate.

Efforts are already underway to export two of California’s new laws and Colorado’s enactment to other states next year.

A new Seattle-based AI safety nonprofit known as the Transparency Coalition said it is drafting model legislation based on California’s AB 2013, requiring developers of generative AI to publicly disclose information about how they train their models, and SB 942, requiring AI developers to provide tools allowing users to determine whether content was created or modified by AI. It also said it is seeking sponsors for that legislation next year in over a half-dozen states, including Washington.

Colorado’s SB 205, meanwhile, may become a model for legislation in up to a dozen states next year, according to lawmakers taking part in a multistate AI working group.

A couple of key states to watch will be Connecticut, where Sen. James Maroney (D) plans to reintroduce legislation (SB 2) that failed this year but actually inspired Colorado’s law, and Texas, where Rep. Giovanni Capriglione (R) is working on legislation that could become a model for regulating AI in red states.

“We’re just in the very beginning of AI legislation that’s going to shoot across the states,” said Craig Albright, senior vice president of U.S. government relations for the tech industry group, the Software Alliance. (PLURIBUS NEWS, LEXISNESIS STATE NET)

States Hit TikTok with Slew of Lawsuits

Thirteen states, including California and New York, filed separate lawsuits alleging TikTok designed its popular video app to be addictive to young people and made false claims about its commitment to safety. The bipartisan group of states is trying to force the company to make changes to its platform, as well as pay financial penalties. (NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO, NEW YORK TIMES)

—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK

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