About AI Compliance Atlas

AI Compliance Atlas is a structured, regularly-updated reference for the U.S. AI-regulation landscape. It is built for compliance officers, legal counsel, AI product managers, and CTOs who need to translate fast-moving statutory and standards activity into operational obligations.

What the Atlas covers

• Federal frameworks: NIST AI RMF (1.0 + Generative AI Profile), ISO/IEC 42001:2023 — covered as co-primary alongside state laws.
• U.S. state and municipal AI laws: Colorado AI Act, Texas TRAIGA, NYC Local Law 144, Illinois HB 3773, Utah AI Policy Act, California SB 942, AB 2013, and SB 53 — with per-law obligations, penalties, applicability, and last-verified dates.
• Industry × law applicability: how each law applies to healthcare, financial services, hiring, education, insurance, housing, legal, and government services.
• Tools: a free Compliance Checker, Penalty Calculator, and Impact Assessment Template Generator that compliance teams can use without leaving the site.

How it differs from law-firm trackers

Comprehensive law-firm publications (Orrick, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, IAPP, NCSL) do excellent work documenting what each law says. The Atlas takes a different angle:

• Structured data, not unstructured prose — every law has standard fields (effective date, penalty cap, applicable roles, industry coverage) so cross-comparisons are mechanical.
• Mapping between federal frameworks and state laws — what NIST AI RMF or ISO 42001 controls satisfy what state-law obligations.
• Interactive tools — applicability checking, exposure estimation, and template generation that turn the reference into a working artefact.
• Aggressive freshness on news events — enactments, court rulings, enforcement actions, and guidance releases tracked as discrete entities linked back to the affected law or framework.

Editorial principles

• Every factual claim cites a primary source: official bill text on a state legislature site, a NIST/ISO publication, or an agency guidance document. Each law and framework has a last_verified date.
• Third-person voice. The Site does not say “you must”; it says “the law requires deployers to”. Compliance language is descriptive, not prescriptive.
• No legal advice. The Atlas is informational. Every page carries the disclaimer.
• Affiliate links exist where they help readers act on the obligations described (recommended compliance tooling) — disclosed clearly.

Limitations and caveats

• U.S. AI law is changing weekly. Even with regular review, individual facts may lag the actual statutory state. Always verify against the cited primary source before acting.
• The Atlas does not currently cover EU AI Act, UK guidance, or other international jurisdictions in depth. Cross-references are noted where they relate to U.S. obligations.
• Federal-state preemption activity (including the December 2025 executive order targeting state AI laws) remains contested and may affect the enforceability of state laws. Track the news log for updates.

Get in touch

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