JB Pritzker on Slow down AI development

JB Pritzker

Governor of Illinois; signed the Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act in 2026.

Artificial Intelligence has enormous potential to transform our everyday lives, but when experts and industry leaders sound the alarm bell, urge us to slow down, and ask for guardrails, we should listen.

Unverified (Sep 22, 2026)

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Governor JB Pritzker, “Gov. Pritzker Establishes Illinois Artificial Intelligence (AI) Cabinet,” official Illinois Governor’s Office press release, September 22, 2026.

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