Governor Moore has announced a new artificial intelligence framework designed to protect Maryland communities, workers, and children while preparing the state’s workforce for rapidly evolving technology. In the absence of federal safeguards, the Moore-Miller administration will guide the responsible development, deployment, and regulation of AI through three principles: protecting people, centering workers, and keeping children safe. “With the speed with which AI is moving, Marylanders deserve guardrails that safeguard their rights, privacy, and dignity,” said Governor Moore. “This technology is already here, and we believe Maryland is the best state in the country to benefit from the promise of AI responsibly - but we can’t afford to wait while Washington sits on their hands.”
The framework calls for stronger oversight of frontier AI companies, protections for individuals’ likenesses, and clear application of civil rights, consumer protection, housing, lending, and workplace laws to AI. It would also address discriminatory tenant screening, algorithmic rent coordination, the targeting of at-risk gamblers, and harmful workplace use through labor-management engagement and transition planning. To help Marylanders adapt, the administration will continue investing in education, apprenticeships, reskilling, and career pathways. Safeguards for young people would address unsafe chatbots and addictive platform design, require school protocols for AI-related crises, establish a “do no harm” standard for classroom tools, notify families before those tools are used, and provide K–12 lessons on using AI safely, ethically, and effectively.
