N.J. embraced AI. Flock cameras, deepfakes and Big Tech distrust have leaders wrestling with limits.

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New Jersey still wants to lead on AI, but lawmakers and voters are increasingly confronting its costs, risks and reach into everyday life along with hostility to big tech.

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