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The landscape governing how AI systems are built, deployed, and held accountable is no longer a set of voluntary guidelines; it is an active, legally binding compliance environment. Governance is characterized by three primary forces: comprehensive risk-tiered regulation in Europe, a fragmented patchwork of state laws and federal preemption battles in the United States, and state-centric control

As artificial intelligence has moved rapidly from the lab to public deployment, the rules governing how AI systems are built, deployed, and held accountable have transitioned from voluntary "ethical guidelines" into hard, binding, and enforceable laws. The regulatory landscape is characterized by a "patchwork" of comprehensive regional laws, specific state-level statutes, and highly targeted tec