Maryland Comptroller Urges AI Rules Balancing Innovation and Worker Protections

Maryland Comptroller Brooke E. Lierman called for state regulations that support artificial intelligence innovation while protecting workers during the Moore-Miller administration’s Maryland Innovation Summit in Baltimore on October 1.

The summit brought together nearly 400 leaders from government, business, labor, and academia to discuss how Maryland can capitalize on AI’s potential while ensuring its benefits reach residents across the state.

According to a statement from the comptroller’s office, Lierman participated in a panel examining AI’s opportunities and challenges, emphasizing the need for a regulatory framework that safeguards workers and supports continued innovation.

“One of the most effective and time-tested ways to mitigate the downsides that we may experience from AI, while also harnessing its potential to improve our economy and improve our lives, is to be really thoughtful, intentional, and sober about how we regulate it,” said Lierman. “We need to move forward on regulations. We cannot wait for other states, and we cannot wait for the federal government either. Maryland must lead the way and establish regulations that protect our innovation economy and protect our people and our workers at the same time.”

Lierman also emphasized the importance of incorporating community input into policies and ensuring that AI delivers tangible benefits for Maryland residents.

“Government should solve problems in ways that people can actually feel in their everyday lives,” she added. “That means listening to communities and incorporating their input, focusing on policies that improve people’s lives. We should guide AI’s development in ways that improve people’s lives and strengthen our economy, rather than adopting new tools without a clear plan for how they will deliver results for Marylanders.”

The summit is part of Maryland’s broader effort to develop an approach to AI that supports economic growth, prioritizes workers, and protects communities, according to the statement.

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