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Edward Cimerman

Edward Cimerman is an undergraduate at the University of Michigan, where he studies economics and philosophy.

He was previously a research assistant at the International Center for Law & Economics. He also served as a policy intern at the Foundation for American Innovation, where he studied U.S. submarine cable policy and U.S technology companies’ ties to China.

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Regulating the Tool or the Trouble? A Survey of State AI Bills

Kristian Stout & Edward Cimerman Feb 25, 2026

Debates about federal preemption in artificial-intelligence (AI) policy often pose a stark choice: Congress adopts a national framework and states lose the ability to police harmful conduct, or states retain broad authority and businesses face a 50-state compliance patchwork that chills innovation. Our review of state AI bills suggests the debate is aimed at the ... Regulating the Tool or the Trouble? A Survey of State AI Bills

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