This handbook offers an accessible, easy to use entry point for grappling with the question of how to define AI in a legal context. It is intended to be practical, comparative, and usable by readers who are actively engaging with legislative or regulatory text, whether they are drafting new provisions, interpreting existing ones, or trying to understand how a proposed definition will operate once it leaves the page.

Editors: B Cavello, Nicholas P. Garcia, and Eleanor Tursman.
Contributing authors: Stan Adams, Miranda Bogen, B Cavello, Dr. Rumman Chowdhury, Dr. Christine Custis, Mark Dalton, Anna Lenhart, Dr. Margaret Mitchell, Professor Rashida Richardson, Dr. Ranjit Singh, Dr. Nathan C. Walker, Professor Ben Winters

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