2 AI-related laws N.C. needs right now

Despite the technology's sweeping impacts, the General Assembly hasn't done much to address AI. A new task force and campaign disclosure laws would be a good start.

There’s no hotter topic in business than artificial intelligence. But in North Carolina, the conversation has been oddly lacking.

So far, our General Assembly has passed only one AI-related bill that I can find¹. House Bill 591, introduced by Rep. Ted Davis (R-New Hanover) and enacted last July, updates sexual exploitation and extortion laws to include AI-generated images. An important step, to be sure².

But this isn’t going to cut it. To keep in front of a technology set to reshape the modern economy, North Carolina needs a lot more.

The AI laws the General Assembly should pass this session

North Carolina should move quickly in this session to implement two AI-related laws — one setting up a task force to study the issue in depth, and the other to require political ads to disclose the use of AI.

Here’s a breakdown of how other states have handled these two types of laws, and how I think North Carolina should handle them.

Task force law

Normally, I roll my eyes at new task forces and commissio…