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Patrick Boyd is our engineer.

And Laura Bullard checked the facts.

I'm Noelle King.

It's Today Explained.

People are worried about AI and they want states to make laws to protect them.

Megan Garcia appeared with Governor Ron DeSantis at a press conference this week where the governor proposed an AI Bill of Rights.

Megan's teenage son talked to a bot about suicide.

The bot didn't stop and say, I'm an AI.

It sounds like you're having a problem.

You need to talk to a human.

Before taking his own life.

There are people who are suing employers claiming that AI discriminated against them.

And there are people worried about data centers being built in their backyards.

But President Trump just signed an executive order that threatens states with lawsuits if they try to pass AI laws.

That's coming up on Today Explained.

My name is Tina Nguyen.

I'm a senior reporter at The Verge.

I cover big politics versus big tech and the way that technology and the tech industry has started to shape politics and civil society.

Why do individual U.S.

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