US states step in to regulate rogue AI

With the federal government taking a light regulatory touch and Trump stressing competition with China, states including California and New Mexico are filling the gap with policies aimed at preventing worst-case AI scenarios. Incidents this year of AI agents hacking firms or government systems heightened concerns.

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