Exploring AI legislation in Congress with AGORA: Origin and Application Domains

In this two-part analysis, we use data from the Emerging Technology Observatory's AGORA to explore AI-related legislation that was enacted by Congress between January 2020 and March 2025. This first blog explores the origin and application domains of the AI-related legislation we reviewed. The second blog examines the governance strategies, risk-related concepts, and harms covered by this legislation. Contrary to conventional wisdom, we find that Congress has enacted many AI-related laws and...