{"author_name":"The Excerpt","author_url":"https://art19.com/shows/5-things/episodes/d0c00390-b07d-48e7-ae45-9cd4877a7d56","description":"<p>AI is increasingly shaping decisions about health care, employment, prices and other parts of everyday life. But while the European Union has adopted a sweeping regulatory framework, <a href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/07/23/trump-data-centers-governors-ratepayers-protection-pledge/91013327007/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the U.S. still has no single federal rulebook governing the technology</a>. Instead, oversight relies on a patchwork of state laws, voluntary industry standards, existing consumer protections and lawsuits after something goes wrong. AI Now Institute Co-Executive Director Sarah Myers West joins The Excerpt to discuss the risks consumers already face, the limits of the current approach, who may be held responsible when AI causes harm and what meaningful U.S. oversight could look like.</p><p>Let us know what you think of this episode by sending an email to <a href=\"mailto:podcasts@usatoday.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">podcasts@usatoday.com</a>.&nbsp;</p><p>Episode transcript <a href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/07/27/can-the-us-regulate-ai-without-slowing-innovation-the-excerpt/91040561007/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">available here</a>.&nbsp;</p>","html":"<iframe src=\"https://art19.com/shows/5-things/episodes/d0c00390-b07d-48e7-ae45-9cd4877a7d56/embed\" style=\"width: 720px; height: 200px; border: 0 none;\" width=\"720\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"></iframe>","provider_name":"ART19","provider_url":"https://art19.com","title":"Can the US regulate AI without slowing innovation?","type":"rich","version":"1.0","width":720,"height":200}