AI governance in the Americas.
The US state AI law patchwork is accelerating, Brazil has the LGPD and a proposed AI Marco Regulatório, Canada's AIDA (Bill C-27) died on the order paper in 2025, and every country with EU customers faces the EU AI Act. Full English and Portuguese coverage now.
The US state AI law patchwork, what you need to know now
Unlike the EU's unified AI Act, US AI regulation is emerging through individual state legislation. This creates a compliance challenge: organisations operating across multiple US states may face different requirements in each. The practical approach for most organisations is to build AI governance programs that meet the most stringent applicable state requirements and apply them broadly.
Original Act never took effect; SB 189 replaces it with disclosure duties, effective Jan 1, 2027
Annual bias audits for automated employment decision tools; candidate notification required
Multi-part framework: frontier developers, AI companions, synthetic content, AEDT, youth safety, not an impact-assessment regime
Biometric data in AI; video interview AI disclosure and limitations
Intent-based prohibitions; state-agency AI use; AG-enforced; no Colorado-style impact assessments
FTC enforcement of unfair/deceptive AI practices; CFPB on AI in credit decisions