AI ‘dangerous on level of nuclear weapons’: Illinois Gov. Pritzker calls for federal regulation as slowdown debate rages

As debate around AI’s apocalyptic nature continues, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker called for federal regulation of artificial intelligence, contending that AI is dangerous “on the level of nuclear weapons.”

Urging Congress to pass federal guardrails on the technology, Pritzker told ABC in an interview, “You can’t do this state by state.