Stories
Analyst-curated narratives that trace how AI policy actually moves, each step dated and linked to its primary source.
The Colorado AI-framework lineage
How Colorado's SB 24-205 became the template other states copied — and how its origin state is already revising it.
The Texas narrow path
Texas filed a Colorado-style AI framework, cut it down to prohibited uses and government duties, and other states have moved toward that narrower shape since.
The deepfake and intimate-image wave
States rewrote their intimate-image and election laws to reach AI-generated fakes, Congress added a federal crime and a takedown duty, and the wave kept moving through 2026.
Companion chatbots and the mental-health line
In one year, states went from restricting AI in therapy to a shared template for companion chatbots: disclose the machine, detect self-harm, refer to a crisis line, and protect minors.