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Europe votes to push back AI Act enforcement by 16 months. Meanwhile, US states keep legislating at a breakneck pace with chatbot safety, deepfakes, and worker protection bills piling up.
The count of new AI laws signed in 2026 jumped from 6 to 25 in a month. Connecticut just passed a sweeping frontier AI bill. And the federal government still can't agree on preemption.
Congress can't agree on a national AI framework. The EU's August enforcement deadline approaches. States have introduced over 2,000 AI bills. Here's where everything stands.
The biggest burst of AI lawmaking in US history. New York's RAISE Act creates the first state-level frontier model oversight office. Utah signs 9 AI bills. Tennessee votes 93-2 that AI is not a person.
Governor Ferguson signs two AI safety bills. Oregon passes the toughest chatbot law in the country with a private right of action. The EU's Digital Omnibus threatens to gut the AI Act before it's even enforced.
California's governor fires back at Trump's AI framework with a new executive order. Tennessee outlaws AI mental health impersonation. Dozens of bills advance in state legislatures.
The Trump administration releases a national AI framework demanding Congress preempt state laws. Washington and Oregon respond by signing chatbot bills into law.
European Parliament bans AI nudification tools, Pennsylvania's SAFECHAT Act passes Senate 49-1, and Colorado prepares to scrap its landmark AI law for a simpler framework.
Washington and Oregon sign first chatbot safety laws, 50+ Republicans push back on Trump's preemption agenda, and the EU moves to simplify AI Act compliance.
The Commerce Department's March 11 report flags state AI laws for federal preemption, while the EU votes to delay AI Act deadlines and Colorado kicks the can again.
This week brought an EU deal to ban AI-generated sexual deepfakes, the Commerce Department's report on state AI laws, and massive new penalties in China's cybersecurity overhaul.
The DOJ's AI Litigation Task Force is gearing up to sue states over AI laws, Commerce must identify targets by March 11, and chatbot safety rules are already in effect. Here's where things stand.
Tennessee made it a felony to train AI chatbots that encourage suicide. Virginia is banning AI therapist impersonators. A dozen states have bills moving through legislatures right now.
A DOJ task force challenges state AI laws while the administration threatens broadband funding. The fight isn't between companies -- it's between governments.
