Build Trust in AI Now or Risk Policy Backlash, Tech Leaders Told

Tech leaders have to boost public trust in the use of artificial intelligence or risk increasing backlash by policymakers, analysts said Tuesday during a panel at the National Conference of State Legislatures summit in Indianapolis.

State lawmakers are increasingly eyeing potential regulations of the technology in the absence of federal action. Some states like Connecticut and Texas have established panels to research the topic. North Dakota banned legal personhood for AI. An effort to approve comprehensive regulations stalled in California earlier this year.

“That ability to earn that trust is going to really, I think, enable an ability for this ...