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AI Laws in Albuquerque, New Mexico
As of 2026-08-12, AI Laws USA tracks 16 AI rules that apply to people and businesses in Albuquerque, New Mexico: 10+ federal protections, 6 New Mexico state-level rules (no Albuquerque-specific ordinances are indexed yet). Coverage is strongest on government use of AI, data-center siting and energy, AI disclosure and transparency, and deepfakes. 5 of these rules are already in effect. Each entry below links to its official source.
Albuquerque local AI rules (and Bernalillo County)
No city- or county-specific AI ordinances are currently indexed for Albuquerque, New Mexico.
- Honest gap: We don't currently index any Albuquerque-specific AI ordinances. Federal and New Mexico state rules still apply throughout the city. Have we missed something? Email feedback@ailawsusa.com.
New Mexico-level AI rules
6 New Mexico state rules apply to residents and businesses in Albuquerque. Sorted strongest first.
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In effect Limited protection
State of New Mexico: Generative AI Use Guidelines Policy (Ve
New Mexico · Effective 2025-06-01 · State of New Mexico: Generative AI Use Guidelines Policy (Version 1.0)
New Mexico's Department of Information Technology issued a signed policy leveraging the NIST AI Risk Management Framework to govern how executive agencies plan, develop, and deploy generative AI, including protection of non-public data.
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In effect Limited protection
New Mexico Political Deepfake Law
New Mexico · Effective 2024-05-15 · 2024 N.M. Laws (HB 182), amending NMSA 1978 Campaign Reporting Act
New Mexico requires political campaigns to include a prominent disclaimer — 'This has been manipulated or generated by artificial intelligence' — on any campaign ad containing materially deceptive AI content, and criminalizes distributing materially deceptive political media.
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In effect Limited protection
NM EO 2024-011
NM · Effective 2024-04-05 · N.M. Exec. Order No. 2024-011 (Apr. 5, 2024)
Governor Lujan Grisham's EO 2024-011 requires New Mexico state agencies to adopt NIST baselines covering AI, cloud, supply chain, and ransomware risks by November 1, 2024.
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In effect Limited protection
New Mexico AI Guidance for K-12 Education 1.0
New Mexico Public Education Department · Effective 2025-05-01 · New Mexico AI Guidance for K-12 Education 1.0
New Mexico's education department published a K-12 AI handbook covering AI literacy, guiding principles for ethical use, and a framework for responsible AI integration in classrooms.
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In effect Moderate protection
NM Land Commissioner blocks Project Jupiter pipeline (July 14, 2026)
NM · Effective 2026-07-14 · New Mexico State Land Office denial letter (July 14, 2026), Project Jupiter-related pipeline right-of-way on state trust land — second denial
New Mexico's State Land Commissioner has again refused to let a pipeline serving the proposed Project Jupiter data center cross state trust land. A denial letter dated July 14, 2026 marks the office's second rejection of the right-of-way request, cutting off a key infrastructure route for the project.
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Proposed / pending Proposed or pending
NM Project Jupiter air permit hearing (Oct 19, 2026)
NM · NMED Project Jupiter air quality permit proceeding — public hearing Oct. 19, 2026; decision due Nov. 23, 2026
New Mexico's environmental regulator will hold a public hearing on October 19, 2026 before deciding whether to grant an air quality permit to Project Jupiter, a massive proposed data center project. A decision is due by November 23, 2026. The hearing gives residents a formal channel to weigh in on the project's air emissions (including from on-site generation).
Federal AI rules that apply in Albuquerque, New Mexico
These federal protections apply everywhere in the United States, including Albuquerque, New Mexico. Showing the 10 strongest and most recent.
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In effect Stronger protection
Bartz v. Anthropic
N.D. Cal. · Effective 2025-09-05 · Bartz v. Anthropic PBC, No. 3:24-cv-05417 (N.D. Cal.)
Authors Andrea Bartz, Charles Graeber, and Kirk Wallace Johnson sued Anthropic over its use of pirated-book datasets to train Claude. In June 2025 Judge William Alsup ruled that training on lawfully purchased books was fair use. The piracy claims (LibGen ingestion) proceeded toward settlement; in September 2025 Anthropic agreed to a $1.5 billion class settlement covering ~500,000 works. Judge Alsup granted preliminary approval September 25, 2025 and final approval July 20, 2026. The appeal period runs through August 19, 2026; class members will not receive payments until at least end of 2026.
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In effect Stronger protection
Benavides v. Tesla (Autopilot)
S.D. Fla. · Effective 2025-08-01 · Benavides v. Tesla, Inc., No. 1:21-cv-21940 (S.D. Fla. Aug. 1, 2025)
A Florida federal jury found Tesla 33% liable in August 2025 for the 2019 death of Naibel Benavides Leon, in a crash involving Autopilot. The jury awarded $243M ($129M compensatory + $200M punitive); in February 2026 the court denied Tesla's post-trial motions and upheld the verdict in full — the first Autopilot wrongful-death verdict against Tesla.
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In effect Stronger protection
COPPA + 2025 Rule (childrens data)
United States · Effective 2025-06-23 · 15 U.S.C. §§ 6501–6506; 16 C.F.R. Part 312
COPPA requires online services aimed at children under 13 to get verifiable parental consent before collecting kids' personal data. The 2025 rule update — fully in effect since April 22, 2026 — adds biometric identifiers (like face templates and voiceprints, which matter for AI tools), requires separate parental consent before sharing children's data for targeted advertising, and tightens data retention limits.
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In effect Stronger protection
TAKE IT DOWN Act
United States · Effective 2025-05-19 · Pub. L. No. 119-12 (S. 146)
Makes it a federal crime to knowingly publish intimate images of someone without consent, including AI-generated deepfakes. Social media and similar platforms must give victims a way to request removal and must take the content (and known copies) down within 48 hours. The platform removal requirement became enforceable May 19, 2026, and the FTC has already begun enforcement.
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Blocked / in litigation Stronger protection
NetChoice v. Yost (Ohio)
S.D. Ohio · Effective 2025-04-16 · NetChoice, LLC v. Yost, No. 2:24-cv-00047 (S.D. Ohio Apr. 16, 2025)
Ohio's Social Media Parental Notification Act — requiring parental consent for minors' social-media use, including algorithmic feeds — was preliminarily enjoined on February 12, 2024, then permanently enjoined on April 16, 2025 when the district court granted summary judgment for NetChoice. The state appealed to the Sixth Circuit, which vacated the district court's injunction in 2026.
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In effect Stronger protection
Thaler v. Perlmutter (Copyright)
D.C. Cir. · Effective 2025-03-18 · Thaler v. Perlmutter, 130 F.4th 1039 (D.C. Cir. 2025)
The companion copyright case: Stephen Thaler sought to register a copyright with 'Creativity Machine' (his AI) as the author. The D.C. Circuit affirmed in March 2025 that the Copyright Act's human-authorship requirement is dispositive as a matter of statutory law. AI cannot be a copyright author under U.S. law.
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In effect Stronger protection
Thomson Reuters v. Ross
D. Del. · Effective 2025-02-11 · Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH v. Ross Intelligence, Inc., No. 1:20-cv-00613 (D. Del. Feb. 11, 2025)
Thomson Reuters sued legal-research startup Ross Intelligence in 2020 for copying Westlaw headnotes to train a competing AI legal-research tool. In February 2025, Judge Stephanos Bibas (sitting by designation) granted summary judgment to Thomson Reuters on direct copyright infringement and rejected Ross's fair-use defense — the first definitive U.S. ruling on AI-training fair use. No jury trial occurred: a 2023 opinion had denied summary judgment and pointed toward trial, but the court invited renewed briefing and reversed course in the 2025 ruling.
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In effect Stronger protection
Louis v. SafeRent
D. Mass. · Effective 2024-11-20 · Louis v. SafeRent Solutions, LLC, No. 1:22-cv-10800 (D. Mass.)
SafeRent agreed in November 2024 to a $2.275M settlement and a five-year ban on using its 'SafeRent Score' for housing-voucher applicants, after a class action alleged its AI tenant-screening tool systematically denied housing to Black and Hispanic Section 8 voucher holders. The first major AI tenant-screening Fair Housing Act settlement.
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In effect Stronger protection
FTC Impersonation Rule (AI)
United States · Effective 2024-04-01 · 16 C.F.R. Part 461; 89 Fed. Reg. 15017
The FTC's Impersonation Rule lets the agency directly sue scammers who pretend to be a government agency or a real business — including those who use AI-cloned voices or generated images to do so. Civil penalties can reach $53,088 per violation. The FTC also issued a supplemental notice in February 2024 proposing to extend the rule to all individual impersonation.
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In effect Stronger protection
TCPA (AI voice calls)
United States · Effective 2024-02-08 · 47 U.S.C. § 227; FCC 24-17
Robocalls using AI-cloned or AI-generated voices are treated like other 'artificial voice' calls: callers need your prior express consent, must identify themselves, and must offer opt-outs for telemarketing. You can personally sue violators for $500 to $1,500 per illegal call.
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