Gov. Moore addresses wealth gap, AI and midterm stakes durin...

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said during a Sept. 17 roundtable in Washington that without federal regulations, artificial intelligence may prove detrimental to our lives, according to the article. The article states that Maryland is looking at imposing additional state-level regulations.

According to the article, Moore described the president's position on the potential dangers of AI as 'laughable.' The article reports that Moore's remarks connected the absence of federal regulation to the possibility that AI proves harmful, and that Maryland is examining state-level rules in response. The article presents the remarks as Moore's assessment delivered during the roundtable rather than as an announcement of enacted policy. The article does not specify which additional state-level regulations Maryland is considering, and it does not identify a timeline for any such rules.

The report places Moore's comments within a roundtable discussion that, per the article, also covered the wealth gap and the midterm stakes. The article attributes the remarks to the Sept. 17 event in Washington and attributes the description of the president's position to Moore. Beyond the statement that Maryland is looking at additional state-level regulations, the article provides no further detail on the content of those regulations or on the specific federal policies Moore was responding to.