Kristian Stout Quoted in Reason on State-Level AI Regulation

Kristian Stout December 4, 2025

ICLE Director of Innovation Policy, Kristian Stout, was recently cited in a Reason article addressing the challenges of state-by-state artificial intelligence regulation. The piece notes Stout’s argument that varied state policies could generate significant economic burden while not meeting stated consumer protection objectives.

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Although concerns about federal overreach are understandable, there are also strong reasons to oppose state-level regulation. Kristian Stout, the director of innovation policy at the International Center for Law and Economics, argues that a patchwork of state AI regulations “threatens to impose substantial costs while failing to achieve the consumer protection goals that motivate such regulation.”