), "would classify AI systems as products, allowing for liability claims when an AI system causes harm." Hawley said the bill will allow "parents—and any consumer—[to] sue when AI products harm them or their children." The AI LEAD Act isn't the only AI legislation Hawley introduced this week. While Hawley seems to believe that AI is taking American jobs, the likelihood of imminent substitution is overblown. Both bills would compel AI developers and deployers to invest more time and resources bubble-wrapping their tools before making them available to the public—time and resources that could otherwise go to maintaining American AI dominance.