Oregon’s AI Chatbot Bill: A Preview of the Next Regulatory Wave in AI Governance

Oregon’s chatbot bill, SB 1546, is now waiting for Gov. Tina Kotek, D-Ore., to be signed into one of the most consequential pieces of legislation in AI governance. Seeking to avoid making the “same mistakes with AI that [were] made with social media,” the lawmakers have added some significant provisions in the bill. Their effect is also compounded...