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‘Predictive Pricing’ Top Priority for CA Lawmakers Predictive pricing, a practice involving the use of artificial intelligence to set prices for customers based on factors like the websites...
Patchwork of Paid Leave Laws Set to Continue There’s currently no federal law requiring paid leave. The federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 only requires employers to provide unpaid time...
While artificial intelligence has been lauded the world over for its potentially transformative impact on, well, just about everything , state legislators across the country have been concerned about its...
Insurer Payouts for LA Wildfires Top $12B California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara (D) announced that insurers have now paid out over $12 billion in claims from the largest of the Los Angeles wildfires...
Google Weighs in on Social Media Age Verification Days after Utah passed a first-in-the-nation law ( SB 142 ) requiring app stores to verify the age of users, Google finally weighed in publicly on the...
The long-expected antitrust action against Amazon finally came last week with the filing of a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington by the FTC and the attorneys general of 17 states. The lawsuit alleges Amazon is “a monopolist” that “uses its vast power, size, and control over multiple business units to implement an interrelated and exclusionary course of conduct,” keeping “rivals from gaining the scale needed to compete effectively against” it. (CNBC, FTC)
Legislators from roughly 30 states and both major parties are holding biweekly meetings this fall to learn more about artificial intelligence and consider ways to regulate it. The effort, being led by Connecticut state Sen. James Maroney (D), could result in more state-level AI legislation next year. (PLURIBUS NEWS)
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) vetoed a bill (AB 316) that would have required human safety drivers in autonomous trucks weighing over 10,000 lbs. Despite pressure from the Teamsters Union to sign the measure, the governor said the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles already provided sufficient oversight of electric vehicles. (PLURIBUS NEWS, STATE NET)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK