Singer Josh Abbott joins experts urging Texas to pass bills on AI [Video]

AUSTIN, Texas — Several Texans, including a popular country music artist, urged state lawmakers to put more guardrails on artificial intelligence during a hearing Tuesday at the State Capitol.

The growth of AI is one of many topics lawmakers will tackle in the upcoming legislative session.

“It’s very hard to put guardrails around all of the bad things it might generate,” said Dr. Matthew Lease, a professor at the School of Information at the University of Texas at Austin.

Lease and Dr. Drew Hamilton, director of Texas A&M Cybersecurity Center, shared with state senators the state of artificial intelligence and data collection.

“I’ve gotten to a point where if it’s not government, I give them a phony birthdate,” Hamilton said.

One concern raised was AI’s potential impact on …