AI Learning Laboratory Program
Regulatory sandbox for testing AI innovations under relaxed rules.
How the laws define this
Both instruments agree that an AI Learning Laboratory Program provides a framework for testing AI products or technologies under carefully monitored conditions to evaluate outcomes, risks, and benefits. However, they diverge significantly regarding the regulatory mechanism and overall scope of the program. Under Utah SB 149 — Artificial Intelligence Policy Act, the program is specifically structured as a regulatory sandbox administered by state agencies, where approved participants operate under relaxed regulatory requirements while maintaining consumer protection baselines and following agency-issued implementing rules. Conversely, AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE OFFICE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE POLICY AND CREATING THE AI LEARNING LABORATORY PROGRAM defines the initiative as an analysis and research program designed to invite technology developers to test AI technologies to gain insights into policy implications, risks, and benefits, without framing the testing as an agency-administered sandbox that offers relaxed regulatory rules to its participants.
Synthesised from the 2 statutory definitions below. Each one is quoted in full, with its source.
Definitions (2)
A regulatory sandbox program administered by specified state agencies that permits approved participants to test AI products under relaxed regulatory requirements while maintaining consumer protection baselines; agencies must issue implementing rules for participation and monitor sandbox outcomes and consumer impacts.
The Artificial Intelligence Learning Laboratory Program is an analysis and research program designed to invite technology developers to test AI technologies under carefully monitored conditions, providing insights into potential risks, benefits, and policy implications.
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