Published January 13, 2026 at 12:00 a.m. CT by the Mississippi Artificial Intelligence Network.
Mississippi’s Artificial Intelligence Regulation (AIR) Task Force released Report One on January 13, 2026, with recommendations on a state definition of AI and disclosure of public-facing conversational AI.
Created by Senate Bill 2426 during the 2025 Regular Session, the task force was required to produce three annual reports. Report One documents its initial work and recommendations to the Legislature.
Two recommendations adopted January 13
On printed page 37, the report records two recommendations adopted at the task force’s January 13 meeting:
- Adopt a state definition of AI. The task force recommended legislation adopting the definition already included in Section 10(1) of Senate Bill 2426, which references the federal definition in 15 U.S.C. § 9401(3).
- Disclose public-facing conversational AI. It recommended that state agencies, boards, commissions, and local governing authorities clearly tell people when they are interacting with a non-human conversational AI system in official or public-facing services.
These are the task force’s recommendations as adopted in January 2026. Read the full wording on printed page 37 of Report One (PDF page 41).
MAIN’s role in the task force
The report lists Dr. Kollin Napier, then MAIN Director, among the task force’s voting members. MAIN’s Artificial Intelligence Regulation Task Force overview provides membership information, the establishing legislation, and official source documents.