Aspen Policy Academy

Should states treat AI incidents like aviation accidents, and investigate?

  • Article Published April 7, 2026

This article was originally published on the StateScoop website on April 7, 2026.

By Sophia Fox-Sowell

A new policy framework from the Aspen Policy Academy, a nonpartisan policy training program, is urging state officials to build formal systems to investigate incidents when artificial intelligence tools make mistakes or cause harm.

“Trust is not a milestone that you hit, it’s something that you earn and you maintain,” Aspen Policy Academy fellow Michelle Sipics, who authored the report, said in an interview. “Both regulators and members of the public watch what you do when something goes wrong.”

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