State policy

• TRAIGA in force as Business and Commerce Code Chapter 552, enforceable only by the Attorney General

  State policyOffice of the Attorney General of TexasStatewideWrite to the decider

• Texas Government Code Chapter 2054 carries three conflicting Subchapter S's on AI, with duplicated section numbers

  State policyTexas LegislatureStatewideWrite to the decider

• DIR must run an AI regulatory sandbox letting state agencies test systems outside normal rules

  State policyTexas Department of Information ResourcesStatewideWrite to the decider

• TRAIGA preempts city and county regulation of artificial intelligence

  State policyTexas LegislatureStatewideClosed

• Statute requires state agencies and local governments to post standardized notice of AI systems

  State policyTexas Department of Information ResourcesStatewideWrite to the decider

• Houston-Galveston Area Council put AI consulting services on its HGACBuy purchasing catalog under contract AI05-26

  State policyHouston-Galveston Area Council (HGACBuy)HarrisWrite to the decider

• Pecos-Barstow-Toyah ISD's JETI agreement for the Energy Forge One power plant is executed and posted

  State policyPecos-Barstow-Toyah Independent School District Board of TrusteesReevesWrite to the decider

• SpaceX will build the Terafab semiconductor plant in Grimes County on a state grant and two school district agreements

  State policyOffice of the Texas GovernorGrimesWrite to the decider

• Two Texas House committees take up data centers and AI in health care on August 19th and August 20th

  State policyTexas House of RepresentativesStatewidePublic meeting

• Senate Transportation held its August 25th hearing on how driverless vehicles are being deployed under SB 2807

  State policyTexas Senate Committee on TransportationStatewidePublic meeting

• Senate Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs has held both sittings on data center cooling water and published no recommendation

  State policyTexas Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture and Rural AffairsStatewideWrite to the decider

• Texas requires AI training for state and local government employees, and this is the first annual cycle

  State policyTexas LegislatureStatewideWrite to the decider

• Amazon selects Austin for a factory building the robotics systems used in its warehouses, and the mayor says no incentives were requested

  State policyOffice of the Texas GovernorTravisWrite to the decider

• The House committee on government efficiency is charged with studying whether the state should use artificial intelligence to find fraud in its own spending

  State policyTexas House Committee on Delivery of Government EfficiencyStatewidePublic meeting

• Senate Economic Development holds its reset hearing on AI and the Texas workforce on September 22nd

  State policyTexas Senate Committee on Economic DevelopmentStatewidePublic meeting

• State technology agency publishes how it is implementing the four AI laws of the 89th Legislature

  State policyTexas Department of Information ResourcesStatewideWrite to the decider

• The Supreme Court of Texas heard argument on whether a deposition transcript made with AI can stand without a certified court reporter

  State policySupreme Court of TexasStatewideWrite to the decider

• The Hays County Clerk asks the commissioners court to buy AI that writes the county's official minutes

  State policyHays County Commissioners CourtHaysWrite to the decider

• Texas requires a state authorization to run driverless vehicles commercially, with no fee, no expiry and no crash history asked

  State policyTexas Department of Motor VehiclesStatewideWrite to the decider

• The Fifteenth Court of Appeals leaves Bot Auto free to keep building driverless trucks while TuSimple's successor sues it over trade secrets

  State policyFifteenth Court of AppealsHarrisClosed

• Kodiak names Interstate 45 from Dallas to Houston as its first driverless truck lane, and says it closes its safety case before the driver comes out

  State policyKodiak AIDallas, HarrisWrite to the decider

• TxDOT starts Project Nexus, a three year state test of next generation aircraft whose first flights carry no passengers

  State policyTexas Department of TransportationStatewideWrite to the decider

• Volvo and Waabi start hauling a customer's freight between Dallas and Houston on autonomous trucks, with an observer in the driver's seat

  State policyVolvo Autonomous Solutions and WaabiDallas, HarrisWrite to the decider

• Kodiak and Charger USA start hauling freight between Dallas and Laredo on autonomous trucks with a safety driver behind the wheel

  State policyKodiak AI and Charger USADallas, WebbWrite to the decider

• Federal trucking regulators let driverless trucks warn traffic with a cab beacon instead of triangles

  State policyFederal Motor Carrier Safety AdministrationStatewideWrite to the decider

• Waymo opens its San Antonio robotaxis to anyone with the app, the airport included, while its flood recall remedy is still listed as under development

  State policyWaymo LLCBexarWrite to the decider

• Tesla's own capacity table puts the Cybercab in production in Texas and lists the Texas Optimus robot line as still under construction

  State policyTesla, Inc.TravisClosed

• Plano's City Council takes up to $390,000 for ChatGPT Enterprise and the Darwin AI platform

  State policyPlano City CouncilCollin, DentonWrite to the decider

• Aurora tells shareholders its driverless trucks will run straight to customer sites in November, with its truck build about six weeks behind plan

  State policyAurora InnovationDallas, Harris, Webb, ComalWrite to the decider

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