Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed an AI regulation bill into law, signaling tougher oversight of AI risk and new compliance work for enterprises.

Illinois has enacted a first-in-the-nation AI safety law requiring third-party audits of frontier models, raising new compliance stakes for major developers.

Anthropic and OpenAI clash over a proposed Illinois law that would shield AI labs from liability even in cases involving mass deaths or billion-dollar losses.