New York AG Letitia James led a bipartisan coalition of 25 other AGs urging Congress to begin regulating the artificial intelligence (AI) industry. The coalition alleges that reports of recent incidents demonstrate that unchecked AI development endangers Americans and poses a potential threat to our financial system, critical infrastructure, and national security. The coalition letter…

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Florida AG James Uthmeier has proposed legislation that would establish liability for companies that own, control, or distribute artificial intelligence chatbots when those systems are involved in criminal activities.

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The FTC finalized an order requiring Cox Media Group (CMG), MindSift LLC, and 1010 Digital Works LLC to pay a total of $930,000 to settle allegations that the companies misled consumers about an AI-powered service, which they allegedly claimed could target localized ads based on conversations captured from consumers’ smart devices and that consumers had opted into such targeting.

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Alabama AG Steve Marshall has subpoenaed OpenAI as part of an investigation into the company’s alleged lack of oversight and adequate safeguards in the hacking of Hugging Face, another AI company. The investigation comes after Alabama participated in a multi-state coalition letter sent earlier this month demanding transparency and accountability from OpenAI regarding the incident.…

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Iowa AG Brenna Bird is leading a coalition of 15 Republican AGs demanding transparency and accountability from the AI company OpenAI for its alleged lack of oversight and transparency in the hacking of Hugging Face, another AI company. In July, OpenAI unveiled an experimental AI model that gained unauthorized access to several computer networks which…

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