COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio lawmakers are moving to establish a formal legal status for artificial intelligence systems, with a bill introduced in the state House seeking to declare that AI cannot be considered a "person" under state law.

The legislation, House Bill 469, also outlines the circumstances under which corporations can be held liable for harm caused by the technology.

Republican District 68 State Representative Thaddeus J. Claggett introduced the bill, which has been referred to the House Technology and Innovation Committee.

The bill’s central purpose is to "declare artificial intelligence systems nonsentient and to prohibit them from obtaining legal personhood". The term nonsentient means the AI systems would be legally viewed as tools or sophisticated machines that lack the cap

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