US States Target AI With a Medley of Regulatory Measures

Artificial intelligence has no desire to buy property or sue anyone anytime soon, but North Dakota is not taking any chances.

A bill banning legal personhood for AI became law in April. A month later, lawmakers in the Peace Garden State approved subsequent legislation empowering them to examine how the burgeoning technology might affect everything from grade school education to the 2024 elections.

“I don’t think we have to look very far to see how AI has expanded in the past year to be something that nobody could have anticipated,” state Rep. Cole Christensen (R), who sponsored ...