January 1 came and went and Texas’s AI regulation went into effect.
There are a couple things to like about Texas’s attempt here. There are many things to dislike.
One aspect in particular: The definition of AI seems to cover just about any software application, right?
> TRAIGA broadly defines an “artificial intelligence system” as “any machine-based system that, for any explicit or implicit objective, infers from the inputs the system receives how to generate outputs, including content, decisions, predictions, or recommendations, that can influence physical or virtual environments.”
Maybe it’s the legalese, but I’m trying to figure out what machine-based system doesn’t function like this. Does it all hinge on “infer” rather than another verb like “calculate?”
https://www.gtlaw.com/en/insights/2025/6/traiga-key-provisions-of-texas-new-artificial-intelligence-governance-act
Tod Beardsley
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