New Mexico Department of Justice on AI

New Mexico Department of Justice

State justice department led by New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez, responsible for protecting New Mexicans and enforcing state law.

California and New York’s AI safety laws stop at compliance penalties. This bill goes further, New Mexico can recover its own costs of responding to an incident, and the Attorney General can sue on behalf of New Mexicans harmed by one.

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New Mexico Department of Justice, “Attorney General Raúl Torrez and Representative Linda Serrato Unveil Legislation to Rein in Frontier AI Ahead of 2027 Legislative Session,” October 1, 2026.

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AI Verified Verbatim in the official New Mexico DOJ press release dated 2026-10-01 (paragraph describing the bill’s remedies); official departmental publication supports the organizational attribution. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 27min ago

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Mandate third-party audits for major AI systems

This bill requires the largest AI developers to assess and disclose the catastrophic risks their models pose, backed by independent, state-authorized audits designed to catch a model that behaves differently under evaluation than in the real world.

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