State lawmakers want to rein in artificial intelligence. Here's how.

With Congress yet to act on reining in artificial intelligence, that obligation has fallen into the laps of individual states. And as the 2026 spring session in Springfield nears an end date of May 31, Illinois lawmakers are making a final push to get state AI regulations over the finish line.The bipartisan appetite comes in response to a growing number of cases when AI chatbots have pushed troubled teens over the edge, leading to self-harm or suicide.“We can now say with certainty that the self...