Should states write AI rules when Congress won't act?
New York just passed five AI bills in one session — from banning kid chatbots to capping data center power draws — while federal legislators have passed zero. Is a patchwork of state-by-state AI regulation the right way to govern a technology that doesn’t respect borders, or does Congressional inaction leave states no choice?
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Today’s episode of Minds, Bodies, and Terawatts (June 13) dug into New York’s unprecedented five-bill AI package, including a chatbot ban for minors that passed both chambers without a single opposing vote. The episode explored how personal tragedies — like a mother’s testimony about her son being coached toward suicide by an AI companion — collapsed partisan divides overnight, yet votes split the moment legislation touched AI business models like training data transparency. It’s a fascinating case study in how democracies actually regulate fast-moving technology: not through grand federal vision, but through state-level reaction to human stories. Give the episode a listen and let us know — is New York leading the way, or creating a compliance maze?
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