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States Continue to Target AI-Driven Rental Pricing Nineteen states are considering bills that would limit the use of third-party software relying on competitor data to set rental housing prices, according...
Trump, Congress Weigh Measures to Preempt State AI Laws The Trump administration circulated—and then put on hold—a draft executive order aimed at preempting state laws regulating artificial...
Last year, after Colorado and California became the first states in the nation to expand privacy protections to include neural data, we said more states could follow suit . This year two more have done...
MI Lawmakers Advance Medical Debt Protections The Michigan Senate’s Health Policy Committee has advanced a trio of bipartisan bills aimed at reducing the burden of medical costs on residents of...
EU Reversing Course on Tech Regulation After aggressively regulating the technology industry for over a decade, the European Union is moving to loosen its landmark digital privacy and artificial intelligence...
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A pair of bills aimed at protecting minors from harm by chatbots are nearing passage in California. Of the two, tech groups favor SB 243, which would allow citizens to sue for damages caused by AI chatbot companions, over the more sweeping AB 1064, which would require entities that make chatbots available to users to implement protocols to ensure they don’t encourage minors to engage in harmful behaviors. (PLURIBUS NEWS)
The attorneys general of California and Delaware sent a letter to OpenAI warning the company of their “serious concerns” about the safety of its chatbot, ChatGPT, especially for minors, in light of a recent suicide in California and a murder-suicide in Delaware associated with the chatbot. The two officials, California AG Rob Bonta (D) and Delaware AG Kathleen Jennings (D) have unique powers to regulate nonprofits like OpenAI. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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