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A Stanford SCALE review of 800+ studies found zero high-quality U.S. causal studies on AI's effect on K–12 students — while states legislate and districts deploy at scale.
A wave of 134 state bills across 31 states is targeting AI in K-12 and higher education—covering student data privacy, classroom use restrictions, and parental consent—as 85% of teachers and 86% of students already report using AI tools.
PepsiCo deployed 41 fully driverless Gatik trucks in Arizona, Texas, and Arkansas to deliver Frito-Lay products to Walmart and Dollar General — the largest autonomous commercial delivery fleet in U.S. history, backed by a $600 million multiyear commitment.
The Trump administration wants federal rules to preempt state AI laws, but at least 31 states are advancing their own legislation — and Colorado's law takes effect June 30, setting up a constitutional clash that could reach the Supreme Court.
The EU Council formally adopted conclusions demanding teachers remain at the center of AI-augmented education — setting up a direct policy contrast with US states racing to mandate AI tools in classrooms.
U.S. lawmakers have introduced 1,561 AI bills across 45 states with no agreed federal standard — creating a compliance crisis for companies navigating 50 simultaneous regulatory regimes.
Fourteen states have active AI bills approaching May adjournment deadlines, with Connecticut's SB5 advancing and Colorado's law stayed — intensifying pressure on Congress to pass a federal preemption framework.
The White House's March 2026 AI framework asserts federal primacy over AI governance. More than 25 states with their own AI laws are not complying, and the legal fight is moving to courts.
Connecticut has approved a comprehensive AI accountability law, confirming that enforceable AI governance in the U.S. is being built from the states up — not the federal government down.
Iowa, Illinois, Ohio, Alabama, and Missouri are advancing bills to require AI literacy coursework as a condition for high school graduation — the first coordinated wave of mandatory AI education policy in the U.S.
The CEO of PJM Interconnection — which manages electricity for 65 million people across 13 states — says the U.S. grid needs a fundamental structural redesign, not upgrades, to absorb AI-driven data center demand.
More than 38 states have enacted AI laws, Colorado's high-stakes AI Act takes effect June 30, and Congress still has not passed a single comprehensive AI statute — leaving courts and state AGs to fill the vacuum.
Thirty-eight states have enacted AI legislation in 2026, creating a compliance patchwork that is raising costs for national businesses and building its own case for federal preemption.
Twenty-five U.S. states have enacted AI laws in 2026, with Colorado's Act taking effect in June — creating the most fragmented AI compliance landscape businesses have ever faced.
At least 17 U.S. states are advancing bills to restrict technology in schools, pitting state legislatures against the Trump administration's push to embed AI in American classrooms.
The White House wants Congress to wipe out state AI laws deemed too burdensome—and Democrats have introduced legislation to do the opposite, setting up a defining fight over who governs AI in the United States.
Maas Auto completed a 3,379-km fully autonomous freight run from Long Beach to Georgia in three days — the world's longest self-driving freight haul, on the actual commercial supply chain.
With federal AI legislation stalled, states are using antitrust, consumer protection, and false claims law to enforce AI conduct now — creating a fragmented compliance landscape for multi-state businesses.
WHO Europe's first comprehensive report finds nearly three-quarters of EU member states already using AI-assisted diagnostics — with significant governance and equity gaps beneath the headline number.
The U.S. does not have a national AI law, and it will not have one soon. What it has instead is an accelerating patchwork of state legislation and aggressive federal agency enforcement under existing statutes — a fragmented landscape creating real compliance risk for businesses.