In a move that will likely influence many other states, and perhaps the federal government, the state of Washington’s governor, Jay Inslee, signed a bill^[1] into law that regulates the use of facial recognition technology. The Wall Street Journal summarizes some of the law’s requirements in their exclusive daily report on artificial intelligence below:^[2]

• “Under the new law, if a government agency wants to use facial recognition, it has to first give public notice, hold at least three community meetings and publish a report outlining the technology’s potential impact on civil liberties.

• “Police could use facial recognition for ongoing surveillance or real-time identification of people, but they will need a warrant or court order first.

• “The technology can’t be used to make significant government decisions without ‘meaningful human review,’ and government employees must be trained on the technology’ s limitations.”