With more than 600 state-level proposed bills focused on AI, Mark Brennan, partner in Hogan Lovells’ Communications, Internet, and Media practice, joined industry representatives to discuss ongoing state and local governments’ debates over whether to regulate AI as part of their public health initiatives, including related employment and educational efforts. Mr. Brennan emphasized the importance of ensuring that any new regulation continues to support positive public health outcomes, mentioning how AI may be beneficial there.

The panelists considered how several bills – which have some momentum in various states – would require risk management plans, disclosure and transparency obligations, and anti-discrimination pledges from deployers of AI systems. Mr. Brennan predicted this will continue to be a complex, unsettled area of regulatory policy for the next few years, at both the federal and state levels.