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IL House Passes ‘Junk Fee’ Bill The Illinois House passed a bill ( HB 228 ) that would amend the state’s Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act to prohibit businesses from...
Anthropic Not Releasing New AI Model to Public The artificial intelligence company Anthropic—recently in the headlines for demanding that the Pentagon agree to certain limitations on the use of...
CT Lawmakers Target AI in Employment A bill (SB 435) before Connecticut’s legislature would require employers to disclose to job applicants when they are communicating with artificial intelligence...
On March 11, Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson (D) signed HB 2303 . The law, which takes effect June 11, bars employers from requesting, requiring or coercing workers or job applicants to accept a subcutaneous...
ND Regulators Approve Bank-to-Bank Stablecoin Use North Dakota’s Industrial Commission approved the use of the state bank’s planned stablecoin, the Roughrider Coin, for bank-to-bank transactions...
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The European Union’s Parliament approved the AI Act, which could become the first comprehensive regulations for the artificial intelligence industry in the West. Among other things, the act would require generative AI systems like ChatGPT to undergo a review before being commercially released and ban real-time facial recognition. The act has a long way to go before becoming law, with the next step being obtaining approval from EU institutions, including the EU’s 27 member states. (CNBC)
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed a bill (HB 5174) allocating $1.4 billion for microchip research and manufacturing initiatives to attract the industry to the state. Samsung and Texas Instruments have already committed to building new facilities there. (PLURIBUS NEWS, TEXAS TRIBUNE, STATE NET)
Democrats in the U.S. House selected Rep. Lou Correa (D-CA) as the new ranking member of the Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform and Antitrust. Correa opposed a package of bills targeting large tech companies last session. The subcommittee’s previous ranking Democrat, Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI), was a lead supporter of that legislation. (LAW360)
–Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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