AI Governance & Regulation

Artificial intelligence is advancing faster than U.S. law and regulation. The technology touches almost every part of life—healthcare diagnoses, hiring decisions, lending, education, child safety, copyright, elections, and national security—and policy is being made in pieces: federal executive orders, state laws (notably in California, Colorado, and New York), agency guidance, and industry self-regulation. The European Union's AI Act takes a comprehensive risk-based approach; China is pursuing both heavy regulation and aggressive state investment. The U.S. debate centers on whether federal preemption is needed to prevent a patchwork of 50 state rules, what guardrails (if any) apply to the largest frontier models, how to protect children and consumers from AI-driven harms, and how to preserve American leadership against the very real possibility that China overtakes the U.S. in capability.