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State attorneys general are deploying general consumer protection statutes to bypass federal legislative deadlock and regulate AI safety.

In the absence of a comprehensive national AI framework, state-level law enforcement agencies are filing high-stakes civil lawsuits to hold developers and executives directly liable for algorithmic harms.

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AI Enforcement Actions and Litigation
FTC Proposes Policy Statement Targetting AI Output Accuracy and "Ideological Manipulation"

The FTC's proposed policy statement highlights how state-level discrimination laws are colliding with federal consumer protections, prompting assertions of federal preemption.

AI Enforcement Actions and Litigation
Florida Attorney General Sues OpenAI and Sam Altman Over ChatGPT Safety Lapses

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